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.\" Copyright (c) 1998, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
.TH di_prom_init 3DEVINFO "1 Dec 1998" "SunOS 5.11" "Device Information Library Functions"
.SH NAME
di_prom_init, di_prom_fini \- create and destroy a handle to the PROM device information
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-ldevinfo\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <libdevinfo.h>

\fBdi_prom_handle_t\fR \fBdi_prom_init\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBvoid\fR \fBdi_prom_fini\fR(\fBdi_prom_handle_t\fR  \fIph\fR);
.fi

.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fIph\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 6n
.rt  
Handle to \fBprom\fR returned by \fBdi_prom_init()\fR.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
For device nodes whose \fBnodeid\fR value is \fBDI_PROM_NODEID\fR (see  \fBdi_nodeid\fR(3DEVINFO)), additional properties can be retrieved from the \fBPROM\fR. The \fBdi_prom_init()\fR function returns a handle that is used to retrieve such properties. This handle is passed to \fBdi_prom_prop_lookup_bytes\fR(3DEVINFO) and \fBdi_prom_prop_next\fR(3DEVINFO).
.sp
.LP
The \fBdi_prom_fini()\fR function destroys the handle  and all handles to the \fBPROM\fR device information obtained from that handle.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, \fBdi_prom_init()\fR returns a handle. Otherwise, \fBDI_PROM_HANDLE_NIL\fR is returned and \fBerrno\fR is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
The \fBdi_prom_init()\fR sets \fBerrno\fR function to any error code that can also be set by \fBopenprom\fR(7D) or \fBmalloc\fR(3C).
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5)  for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelSafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBdi_nodeid\fR(3DEVINFO), \fBdi_prom_prop_next\fR(3DEVINFO), \fBdi_prom_prop_lookup_bytes\fR(3DEVINFO), \fBlibdevinfo\fR(3LIB), \fBmalloc\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBopenprom\fR(7D)