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5 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000,2001 by Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org>
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27 /* try to open up the specified device */
28 extern int device_open(char *device, int mode)
32 m = mode | O_NONBLOCK;
34 /* Retry up to 5 times */
35 for (f = 0; f < 5; f++)
36 if ((fd = open(device, m, 0600)) >= 0)
40 /* Reset original flags. */
42 fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, mode);