1*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" $NetBSD: sysarch.2,v 1.15 2003/08/07 16:44:10 agc Exp $ 2*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 3*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. 4*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" All rights reserved. 5*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 6*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" are met: 9*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" without specific prior written permission. 17*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 18*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 30*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" from: @(#)syscall.2 6.3 (Berkeley) 3/10/91 31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.\" 32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd October 11, 1993 33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt SYSARCH 2 34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os 35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME 36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm sysarch 37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd architecture-dependent system call 38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY 39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc 40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS 41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In machine/sysarch.h 42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft int 43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn sysarch "int number" "void *args" 44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION 45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn sysarch 46*2fe8fb19SBen Grasperforms the architecture-dependent function 47*2fe8fb19SBen Grasspecified by 48*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa number 49*2fe8fb19SBen Graswith the arguments specified by the 50*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa args 51*2fe8fb19SBen Graspointer. 52*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa args 53*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis a pointer to a structure defining the actual arguments of the function. 54*2fe8fb19SBen GrasSymbolic constants and argument structures for the architecture-dependent 55*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunctions can be found in the header file 56*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ao Pa machine/sysarch.h Ac . 57*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp 58*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 59*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn sysarch 60*2fe8fb19SBen Grassystem call should never be called directly by user programs. 61*2fe8fb19SBen GrasInstead, they should access its functions using the architecture-dependent 62*2fe8fb19SBen Graslibrary. 63*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh RETURN VALUES 64*2fe8fb19SBen GrasSee the manual pages for specific architecture-dependent function calls 65*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfor information about their return values. 66*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY 67*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe 68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn sysarch 69*2fe8fb19SBen Grasfunction call appeared in 70*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nx 1.0 . 71