1 <refentry id="media-func-open">
3 <refentrytitle>media open()</refentrytitle>
8 <refname>media-open</refname>
9 <refpurpose>Open a media device</refpurpose>
14 <funcsynopsisinfo>#include <fcntl.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
16 <funcdef>int <function>open</function></funcdef>
17 <paramdef>const char *<parameter>device_name</parameter></paramdef>
18 <paramdef>int <parameter>flags</parameter></paramdef>
24 <title>Arguments</title>
28 <term><parameter>device_name</parameter></term>
30 <para>Device to be opened.</para>
34 <term><parameter>flags</parameter></term>
36 <para>Open flags. Access mode must be either <constant>O_RDONLY</constant>
37 or <constant>O_RDWR</constant>. Other flags have no effect.</para>
43 <title>Description</title>
44 <para>To open a media device applications call <function>open()</function>
45 with the desired device name. The function has no side effects; the device
46 configuration remain unchanged.</para>
47 <para>When the device is opened in read-only mode, attemps to modify its
48 configuration will result in an error, and <varname>errno</varname> will be
49 set to <errorcode>EBADF</errorcode>.</para>
52 <title>Return Value</title>
54 <para><function>open</function> returns the new file descriptor on success.
55 On error, -1 is returned, and <varname>errno</varname> is set appropriately.
56 Possible error codes are:</para>
60 <term><errorcode>EACCES</errorcode></term>
62 <para>The requested access to the file is not allowed.</para>
66 <term><errorcode>EMFILE</errorcode></term>
68 <para>The process already has the maximum number of files open.
73 <term><errorcode>ENFILE</errorcode></term>
75 <para>The system limit on the total number of open files has been
80 <term><errorcode>ENOMEM</errorcode></term>
82 <para>Insufficient kernel memory was available.</para>
86 <term><errorcode>ENXIO</errorcode></term>
88 <para>No device corresponding to this device special file exists.