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This file is part of systemd.
Copyright 2015 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
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+ <refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <para>XXX: Add some description.</para>
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+ <para><function>udev_device_new_from_syspath</function>,
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_devnum</function>,
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_subsystem_sysname</function>,
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_device_id</function>, and
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_environment</function>
+ allocate a new udev device object and returns a pointer to it. This
+ object is opaque and must not be accessed by the caller via different
+ means than functions provided by libudev. Initially, the reference count
+ of the device is 1. You can acquire further references, and drop
+ gained references via <function>udev_device_ref()</function> and
+ <function>udev_device_unref()</function>. Once the reference count hits 0,
+ the device object is destroyed and freed.</para>
+
+ <para><function>udev_device_new_from_syspath</function>,
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_devnum</function>,
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_subsystem_sysname</function>, and
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_device_id</function>
+ create the device object based on information found in
+ <filename>/sys</filename>, annotated with properties from the udev-internal
+ device database. A syspath is any subdirectory of <filename>/sys</filename>,
+ with the restriction that a subdirectory of <filename>/sys/devices</filename>
+ (or a symlink to one) represents a real device and as such must contain
+ a <filename>uevent</filename> file. <function>udev_device_new_from_devnum</function>
+ takes a device type, which can be <constant>b</constant> for block devices or
+ <constant>c</constant> for character devices, as well as a devnum (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>makedev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+ <function>udev_device_new_from_subsystem_sysname</function> looks up devices based
+ on the provided subsystem and sysname
+ (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_device_get_subsystem</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_device_get_sysname</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>)
+ and <function>udev_device_new_from_device_id</function> looks up devices based on the provided
+ device ID, which is a special string in one of the following four forms:
+ <table>
+ <title>Device ID strings</title>
+
+ <tgroup cols='2'>
+ <colspec colname='example' />
+ <colspec colname='explanation' />
+ <thead><row>
+ <entry>Example</entry>
+ <entry>Explanation</entry>
+ </row></thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row><entry><varname>b8:2</varname></entry>
+ <entry>block device major:minor</entry></row>
+
+ <row><entry><varname>c128:1</varname></entry>
+ <entry>char device major:minor</entry></row>
+
+ <row><entry><varname>n3</varname></entry>
+ <entry>network device ifindex</entry></row>
+
+ <row><entry><varname>+sound:card29</varname></entry>
+ <entry>kernel driver core subsystem:device name</entry></row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+ </para>
+
+ <para><function>udev_device_new_from_environment</function>
+ creates a device from the current environment (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>environ</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+ Each key-value pair is interpreted in the same way as if it was
+ received in an uevent (see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>udev_monitor_receive_device</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>).
+ The keys <constant>DEVPATH</constant>, <constant>SUBSYSTEM</constant>,
+ <constant>ACTION</constant>, and <constant>SEQNUM</constant> are mandatory.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
<function>udev_device_new_from_device_id()</function> and
<function>udev_device_new_from_environment()</function> return a
pointer to the allocated udev device. On failure,
- <constant>NULL</constant> is returned.
+ <constant>NULL</constant> is returned,
+ and <varname>errno</varname> is set appropriately.
<function>udev_device_ref()</function> returns the argument
that it was passed, unmodified.
<function>udev_device_unref()</function> always returns