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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd January 16, 2004
+.Dt G_PROVIDER_BY_NAME 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm g_provider_by_name
+.Nd "find GEOM provider with given name"
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In geom/geom.h
+.Ft "struct g_provider *"
+.Fn g_provider_by_name "const char *name"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn g_provider_by_name
+function searches for a provider called
+.Fa name
+and returns the structure
+.Vt g_provider
+bound to it.
+Argument
+.Fa name
+should be a name, not a full path (i.e.,
+.Dq Pa da0 ,
+instead of
+.Dq Pa /dev/da0 ) .
+.Sh RESTRICTIONS/CONDITIONS
+The topology lock has to be held.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn g_provider_by_name
+function
+returns a pointer to the provider called
+.Fa name
+or
+.Dv NULL
+if there is no such provider.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr geom 4 ,
+.Xr DECLARE_GEOM_CLASS 9 ,
+.Xr g_access 9 ,
+.Xr g_attach 9 ,
+.Xr g_bio 9 ,
+.Xr g_consumer 9 ,
+.Xr g_data 9 ,
+.Xr g_event 9 ,
+.Xr g_geom 9 ,
+.Xr g_provider 9 ,
+.Xr g_wither_geom 9
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An -nosplit
+This manual page was written by
+.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org .