NetBSD/lib/libc/sys/sysarch.2

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.Dd October 11, 1993
.Dt SYSARCH 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm sysarch
.Nd architecture-dependent system call
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include \*[Lt]machine/sysarch.h\*[Gt]
.Ft int
.Fn sysarch "int number" "void *args"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn sysarch
performs the architecture-dependent function
specified by
.Fa number
with the arguments specified by the
.Fa args
pointer.
.Fa args
is a pointer to a structure defining the actual arguments of the function.
Symbolic constants and argument structures for the architecture-dependent
functions can be found in the header file
.Ao Pa machine/sysarch.h Ac .
.Pp
The
.Fn sysarch
system call should never be called directly by user programs.
Instead, they should access its functions using the architecture-dependent
library.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
See the manual pages for specific architecture-dependent function calls
for information about their return values.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn sysarch
function call appeared in
.Nx 1.0 .