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+.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
+.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
+.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
+.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
+..
+.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+
+.. _cec-func-open:
+
+**********
+cec open()
+**********
+
+Name
+====
+
+cec-open - Open a cec device
+
+Synopsis
+========
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+
+
+.. c:function:: int open( const char *device_name, int flags )
+ :name: cec-open
+
+
+Arguments
+=========
+
+``device_name``
+ Device to be opened.
+
+``flags``
+ Open flags. Access mode must be ``O_RDWR``.
+
+ When the ``O_NONBLOCK`` flag is given, the
+ :ref:`CEC_RECEIVE <CEC_RECEIVE>` and :ref:`CEC_DQEVENT <CEC_DQEVENT>` ioctls
+ will return the ``EAGAIN`` error code when no message or event is available, and
+ ioctls :ref:`CEC_TRANSMIT <CEC_TRANSMIT>`,
+ :ref:`CEC_ADAP_S_PHYS_ADDR <CEC_ADAP_S_PHYS_ADDR>` and
+ :ref:`CEC_ADAP_S_LOG_ADDRS <CEC_ADAP_S_LOG_ADDRS>`
+ all return 0.
+
+ Other flags have no effect.
+
+
+Description
+===========
+
+To open a cec device applications call :c:func:`open() <cec-open>` with the
+desired device name. The function has no side effects; the device
+configuration remain unchanged.
+
+When the device is opened in read-only mode, attempts to modify its
+configuration will result in an error, and ``errno`` will be set to
+EBADF.
+
+
+Return Value
+============
+
+:c:func:`open() <cec-open>` returns the new file descriptor on success. On error,
+-1 is returned, and ``errno`` is set appropriately. Possible error codes
+include:
+
+``EACCES``
+ The requested access to the file is not allowed.
+
+``EMFILE``
+ The process already has the maximum number of files open.
+
+``ENFILE``
+ The system limit on the total number of open files has been reached.
+
+``ENOMEM``
+ Insufficient kernel memory was available.
+
+``ENXIO``
+ No device corresponding to this device special file exists.