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   NAME
        FindResident - find a resident module by name

   SYNOPSIS
        resident = FindResident(name)
        D0                      A1

        struct resident *findresident(strptr);

   FUNCTION
        Search the system resident tag list for a resident tag ("ROMTag") with
        the given name.  If found return a pointer to the resident tag
        structure, else return zero.

        resident modules are used by the system to pull all its parts
        together at startup.  resident tags are also found in disk based
        devices and libraries.

   INPUTS
        name - pointer to name string

   RESULT
        resident - pointer to the resident tag structure or
                zero if none found.

    SEE ALSO
        exec/resident.h, initresident()