g_provider_by_name(9)
NAME
g_provider_by_name - find GEOM provider with given name
SYNOPSIS
#include <geom/geom.h>
struct g_provider *
g_provider_by_name(const char *name);
DESCRIPTION
- The g_provider_by_name() function searches for a provider
- called name and
returns the structure g_provider bound to it. Argument name - should be a
name, not a full path (i.e., ``da0'', instead of - ``/dev/da0'').
RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
The topology lock has to be held.
RETURN VALUES
- The g_provider_by_name() function returns a pointer to the
- provider
called name or NULL if there is no such provider.
SEE ALSO
- geom(4), DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS(9), g_access(9), g_attach(9),
- g_bio(9),
g_consumer(9), g_data(9), g_event(9), g_geom(9), - g_provider(9),
g_wither_geom(9)
AUTHORS
- This manual page was written by Pawel Jakub Dawidek
- <pjd@FreeBSD.org>.
- BSD January 16, 2004