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33.Dd June 22, 2015
34.Dt SYSARCH 2
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm sysarch
38.Nd architecture-dependent system call
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libc
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In machine/sysarch.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn sysarch "int number" "void *args"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Fn Sysarch
47performs the architecture-dependent function
48specified by
49.Fa number
50with the arguments specified by the
51.Fa args
52pointer.
53.Fa Args
54is a pointer to a structure defining the actual
55arguments of the function.
56Symbolic constants and argument structures
57for the architecture-dependent
58functions can be found in the header file
59.In machine/sysarch.h .
60.Pp
61The
62.Fn sysarch
63system call should never be called directly by
64user programs.  Instead, they should access
65its functions using the architecture-dependent
66library.
67.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
68For the
69.Va x86_64
70architecture, no architecture-dependent functions are defined.
71.Sh RETURN VALUES
72See the manual pages for specific architecture-dependent function calls
73for information about their return values.
74.\".Sh SEE ALSO
75.\".Xr i386_get_ioperm 2 ,
76.\".Xr i386_get_ldt 2 ,
77.\".Xr i386_vm86 2
78.Sh HISTORY
79This manual page was taken from
80.Nx .
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