1. NAME

parport_set_timeout - set the inactivity timeout for a device

2. SYNOPSIS

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

3. ARGUMENTS

dev
    device on a port

inactivity
    inactivity timeout (in jiffies)

4. 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.

5. COPYRIGHT