1IBV_OPEN_DEVICE(3)      Libibverbs Programmer's Manual      IBV_OPEN_DEVICE(3)
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NAME

6       ibv_open_device, ibv_close_device - open and close an InfiniBand device
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <infiniband/verbs.h>
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12       struct ibv_context *ibv_open_device(struct ibv_device *device);
13       int ibv_close_device(struct ibv_context *context);
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DESCRIPTION

16       ibv_open_device() opens the device device and  creates  a  context  for
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19       ibv_close_device() closes the device context context.
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RETURN VALUE

22       ibv_open_device() returns a pointer to the allocated device context, or
23       NULL if the request fails.
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25       ibv_close_device() returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.
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NOTES

28       ibv_close_device() does not release all the resources  allocated  using
29       context  context.  To avoid resource leaks, the user should release all
30       associated resources before closing a context.
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SEE ALSO

33       ibv_get_device_list(3),     ibv_query_device(3),     ibv_query_port(3),
34       ibv_query_gid(3), ibv_query_pkey(3)
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AUTHORS

37       Dotan Barak <dotanb@mellanox.co.il>
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41libibverbs                        2006-10-31                IBV_OPEN_DEVICE(3)