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@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ API
 The API is simple, and designed to be a minimal wrapper around the serial port
 support in each OS.
 
-Most functions take a pointer to a struct sp_port, which represents an open
-port. This structure should be allocated by the user and is populated by
-sp_open(). It can be freed safely after sp_close().
+Most functions take a pointer to a struct sp_port, which represents an serial
+port. This structure is obtained from the array returned by sp_list_ports().
 
 All functions can return only three possible error values. SP_ERR_ARG indicates
 the function was called with invalid arguments. SP_ERR_FAIL indicates that the
@@ -83,27 +82,26 @@ The available functions are as follows:
 Enumeration
 -----------
 
-char **sp_list_ports();
+struct sp_port **sp_list_ports();
 
  Lists the serial ports available on the system. The value returned is an array
- of port names as C strings, terminated by a NULL. It should be freed after use
- by calling sp_free_port_list().
+ of pointers to sp_port structures, terminated by a NULL. It should be freed after
+ use by calling sp_free_port_list().
 
-void sp_free_port_list(char **list);
+void sp_free_port_list(struct sp_port **list);
 
  Frees the data structure returned by sp_list_ports().
 
 Opening and closing ports
 -------------------------
 
-int sp_open(struct sp_port *port, char *portname, int flags);
+int sp_open(struct sp_port *port, int flags);
 
  Opens the specified serial port.
 
  Parameters:
 
-  port:      Pointer to empty port structure, allocated by caller.
-  portname:  Name of port to open.
+  port:      Pointer to port structure.
   flags:     Flags to use when opening the serial port. Possible
              flags are: SP_MODE_RDWR, SP_MODE_RDONLY, and SP_MODE_NONBLOCK.