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.\" $NetBSD: genassym.1,v 1.4 2009/10/18 18:14:00 snj Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: genassym.1,v 1.5 2010/04/13 09:01:10 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Matthias Pfaller.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd August 18, 2005
.Dd April 13, 2010
.Dt GENASSYM 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
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reads from stdin. The generated file is used by kernel sources
written in assembler to gain access to information (e.g. structure
offsets and sizes) normally only known to the C compiler.
.Pp
Arguments to
.Nm
are usually of the form
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.Ar ${CPPFLAGS}
are flag arguments to the C compiler. The script creates a C source file
from its input. Then the C compiler is called according to the script's
arguments to compile this file. Normally
arguments to compile this file.
.Pp
Normally
.Nm
instructs the C compiler to create an assembler source from the constructed
C source. The resulting file is then processed to extract the information
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.Nm
command appeared in
.Nx 1.3
as genassym.sh in
as
.Dq genassym.sh
in
.Pa /usr/src/sys/kern .
It became a userland utility in
.Nx 4.0 .