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25.Dd April 21, 2003
26.Dt DEVICE_PRINTF 9
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm device_printf
30.Nd formatted output conversion
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.In sys/param.h
33.In sys/bus.h
34.Ft int
35.Fn device_printf "device_t dev" "const char *fmt" ...
36.Sh DESCRIPTION
37The
38.Fn device_printf
39function is a convenience interface to the
40.Xr printf 9
41function.
42It outputs the name of the
43.Fa dev
44device, followed by a colon and a space, and then what
45.Xr printf 9
46would print if you passed
47.Fa fmt
48and the remaining arguments to it.
49.Sh RETURN VALUES
50The
51.Fn device_printf
52function returns the number of characters displayed.
53.Sh SEE ALSO
54.Xr printf 3 ,
55.Xr printf 9
56