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NAME

      g_provider_by_name - find GEOM provider with given name

SYNOPSIS

      #include <geom/geom.h>
 
      struct g_provider *
      g_provider_by_name(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION

      The g_provider_by_name() function searches for a provider called name and
      returns the structure g_provider bound to it.  Argument name should be a
      name, not a full path (i.e., “da0”, instead of “/dev/da0”).

RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS

      The topology lock has to be held.
      The g_provider_by_name() function returns a pointer to the provider
      called name or NULL if there is no such provider.
      geom(4), DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS(9), g_access(9), g_attach(9), g_bio(9),
      g_consumer(9), g_data(9), g_event(9), g_geom(9), g_provider(9),
      g_wither_geom(9)

AUTHORS

      This manual page was written by Pawel Jakub Dawidek 〈pjd@FreeBSD.org〉.