PARPORT_SET_TIMEOUT

Section: Parallel Port Devices (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

parport_set_timeout - set the inactivity timeout for a device  

SYNOPSIS

long parport_set_timeout(struct pardevice * dev, long inactivity);
 

ARGUMENTS

dev

device on a port

inactivity

inactivity timeout (in jiffies)
 

DESCRIPTION

This sets the inactivity timeout for a particular device on a port. This affects functions like parport_wait_peripheral. The special value 0 means not to call schedule while dealing with this device.

The return value is the previous inactivity timeout.

Any callers of parport_wait_event for this device are woken up.  

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