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.Dd May 21, 1997
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.Dt INTRO 9
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm intro
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.Nd introduction to kernel internals
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This section contains information related to the the internal operation of the
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system kernel.
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It describes function interfaces and variables of use to the systems and device
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driver programmer.
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.Pp
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In addition to the normal man page format, the kernel pages include an
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additional section:
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.Bl -tag -width "CODE REFERENCES"
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.It "CODE REFERENCES"
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Contains the pathname(s) of the source file(s) which contain the definition
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and/or source code of the variables or functions being documented.
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.El
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nx
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kernel internals section first appeared in
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.Nx 1.2 .
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