man/ibv_get_device_list.3

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.TH IBV_GET_DEVICE_LIST 3 2006-10-31 libibverbs "Libibverbs Programmer's Manual"
.SH "NAME"
ibv_get_device_list, ibv_free_device_list \- get and release list of available RDMA devices
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.nf
.B #include <infiniband/verbs.h>
.sp
.BI "struct ibv_device **ibv_get_device_list(int " "*num_devices" );
.sp
.BI "void ibv_free_device_list(struct ibv_device " "**list" );
.fi
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B ibv_get_device_list()
returns a NULL-terminated array of RDMA devices currently available.
The argument
.I num_devices
is optional; if not NULL, it is set to the number of devices returned in the array.
.PP
.B ibv_free_device_list()
frees the array of devices
.I list
returned by
.B ibv_get_device_list()\fR.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.B ibv_get_device_list()
returns the array of available RDMA devices, or sets
.I errno
and returns NULL if the request fails. If no devices are found then
.I num_devices
is set to 0, and non-NULL is returned.
.PP
.B ibv_free_device_list()
returns no value.
.SH "ERRORS"
.TP
.B EPERM
Permission denied.
.TP
.B ENOSYS
No kernel support for RDMA.
.TP
.B ENOMEM
Insufficient memory to complete the operation.
.SH "NOTES"
Client code should open all the devices it intends to use with
.B ibv_open_device()\fR before calling
.B ibv_free_device_list()\fR.
Once it frees the array with
.B ibv_free_device_list()\fR,
it will be able to use only the open devices; pointers to unopened devices will no longer be valid.
.P
Setting the environment variable
.BR IBV_SHOW_WARNINGS
will cause warnings to be emitted to stderr if a kernel verbs device
is discovered, but no corresponding userspace driver can be found for
it.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR ibv_fork_init (3),
.BR ibv_get_device_name (3),
.BR ibv_get_device_guid (3),
.BR ibv_open_device (3)
.SH "AUTHORS"
.TP
Dotan Barak <dotanba@gmail.com>