Name

pci_request_region — Reserved PCI I/O and memory resource

Synopsis

int pci_request_region (struct pci_dev *  pdev,
 int  bar,
 const char *  res_name);

Arguments

pdev

PCI device whose resources are to be reserved

bar

BAR to be reserved

res_name

Name to be associated with resource.

Description

Mark the PCI region associated with PCI device pdev BR bar as being reserved by owner res_name. Do not access any address inside the PCI regions unless this call returns successfully.

Returns 0 on success, or EBUSY on error. A warning message is also printed on failure.