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1 perry 1 SETUP
2 !!!SETUP
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 RETURN VALUE
7 ERRORS
8 CONFORMING TO
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 setup - setup devices and file systems, mount root file system
14 !!SYNOPSIS
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17 __#include __
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20 ___syscall0(int, setup);__
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23 __int setup(void);__
24 !!DESCRIPTION
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27 __setup__ is called once from within
28 ''linux/init/main.c''. It calls initialization functions
29 for devices and file systems configured into the kernel and
30 then mounts the root file system.
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33 No user process may call __setup__. Any user process,
34 even a process with super-user permission, will receive
35 __EPERM__.
36 !!RETURN VALUE
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39 __setup__ always returns -1 for a user
40 process.
41 !!ERRORS
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44 __EPERM__
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47 Always, for a user process.
48 !!CONFORMING TO
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51 This function is Linux specific, and should not be used in
52 programs intended to be portable, or indeed in any programs
53 at all. Since Linux 2.1.121, no such function exists
54 anymore. The calling sequence varied: it has had a single
55 parameter ''void * BIOS'' and at other times a single
56 parameter ''int magic''.
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