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31.Dd March 1, 2001
32.Dt RESOURCE_INT_VALUE 9
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm resource_int_value , resource_long_value , resource_string_value
36.Nd get a value from the hints mechanism
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In sys/param.h
39.In sys/bus.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn resource_int_value "const char *name" "int unit" "const char *resname" "int *result"
42.Ft int
43.Fn resource_long_value "const char *name" "int unit" "const char *resname" "long *result"
44.Ft int
45.Fn resource_string_value "const char *name" "int unit" "const char *resname" "const char **result"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47These functions fetch a value from the
48.Dq hints
49mechanism.
50.Pp
51The functions take the following arguments:
52.Bl -tag -width "resname"
53.It Fa name
54The name of the device to get the resource value from.
55.It Fa unit
56The unit number of the device.
57\-1 is special and is used for wildcard entries.
58.It Fa resname
59The resource name.
60.It Fa result
61A pointer to memory in which to store the resource value.
62.El
63.Sh RETURN VALUES
64If successful, the functions return 0.
65Otherwise, a non\-zero error code is returned.
66.Sh ERRORS
67The functions will fail if:
68.Bl -tag -width Er
69.It Bq Er ENOENT
70The resource could not be found.
71.It Bq Er EFTYPE
72Inappropriate resource type.
73.El
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr device 9 ,
76.Xr driver 9
77.Sh AUTHORS
78This manual page was written by
79.An Warner Losh Aq imp@FreeBSD.org .