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28.Dd July 31, 2015
29.Dt EXAMPLE 4 i386
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm example
33.Nd "example device driver manual page"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile the driver into the kernel,
36place the following lines in the
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device example"
40.Cd "options EXAMPLE_DEBUG"
41.Ed
42.Pp
43Alternatively, to load the driver as a
44module at boot time, place the following line in
45.Xr loader.conf 5 :
46.Bd -literal -offset indent
47example_load="YES"
48.Ed
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50This is an example device driver manual page for the
51.Nm
52driver.
53It is intended that this example can be used as a template
54when writing a new manual page.
55.Pp
56The
57.Nm
58driver supports the following ioctls:
59.Bl -tag -width ".Dv EIOCNULL"
60.It Dv EIOCEX
61Example ioctl.
62.It Dv EIOCNULL
63Example ioctl.
64.El
65.Pp
66If the kernel is compiled with the
67.Dv EXAMPLE_DEBUG
68option, then additional debugging messages will be displayed.
69.Sh HARDWARE
70The
71.Nm
72driver supports the following example hardware:
73.Pp
74.Bl -bullet -compact
75.It
76Example device 4201
77.It
78Example device 4202
79.El
80.Sh FILES
81.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/null" -compact
82.It Pa /dev/null
83Example of a file in the
84.Sx FILES
85section.
86.El
87.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
88.Bl -diag
89.It "example%d: example diagnostic message."
90An example of a diagnostic message.
91.It "example%d: another example diagnostic message."
92Self explanatory.
93.El
94.Sh SEE ALSO
95.Xr example 1 ,
96.Xr example 3 ,
97.Xr mdoc 7 ,
98.Xr example 9
99.Sh HISTORY
100The
101.Nm
102device driver first appeared in
103.Fx 2.2 .
104.Pp
105Some other common
106.Sx HISTORY
107section examples are:
108.Pp
109The
110.Nm
111manual page example first appeared in
112.Bx 4.4 .
113.Pp
114The
115.Nm
116manual page example first appeared in
117.At v6 .
118.Sh AUTHORS
119This manual page was written by
120.An Mike Pritchard Aq Mt mpp@FreeBSD.org .
121.Sh BUGS
122The actual code for this device driver is vaporware.
123