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34 .Nd formatted output conversion
38 .Fn device_printf "device_t dev" "const char *fmt" ...
42 function is a convenience interface to the
45 It outputs the name of the
47 device, followed by a colon and a space, and then what
49 would print if you passed
51 and the remaining arguments to it.
55 function returns the number of characters displayed.