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.Dd November 21, 2007
.Dt PUTTER 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm putter
.Nd Pass-to-Userspace Transporter
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
subsystem is used for request-response handling of userspace components.
It currently provides routines for associating a file descriptor
with a subsystem data structure instance and I/O routines.
Users of the facility must fill out the callbacks in
.Va struct putter_ops
to integrate with
.Nm .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pud 4 ,
.Xr puffs 4
.Sh BUGS
Under construction.
Interfaces may and will change.