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| 25 | .\" Modified by Michael Haardt <michael@moria.de> | |
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| 710631e8 | 34 | .TH SETUP 2 2008-12-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
| fea681da | 35 | .SH NAME |
| 9ee4a2b6 | 36 | setup \- setup devices and filesystems, mount root filesystem |
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37 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 38 | .B #include <unistd.h> | |
| 68e4db0a | 39 | .PP |
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40 | .B int setup(void); |
| 41 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| e511ffb6 | 42 | .BR setup () |
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43 | is called once from within |
| 44 | .IR linux/init/main.c . | |
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45 | It calls initialization functions for devices and filesystems |
| 46 | configured into the kernel and then mounts the root filesystem. | |
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47 | .PP |
| 48 | No user process may call | |
| e511ffb6 | 49 | .BR setup (). |
| 2c8d1c7d | 50 | Any user process, even a process with superuser permission, |
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51 | will receive |
| 52 | .BR EPERM . | |
| 47297adb | 53 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
| e511ffb6 | 54 | .BR setup () |
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55 | always returns \-1 for a user process. |
| 56 | .SH ERRORS | |
| 57 | .TP | |
| 58 | .B EPERM | |
| 59 | Always, for a user process. | |
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60 | .SH VERSIONS |
| 61 | Since Linux 2.1.121, no such function exists anymore. | |
| 47297adb | 62 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
| 8382f16d | 63 | This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs |
| fea681da | 64 | intended to be portable, or indeed in any programs at all. |
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65 | .SH NOTES |
| 66 | The calling sequence varied: at some times | |
| 146c3223 | 67 | .BR setup () |
| 710631e8 | 68 | has had a single argument |
| 5049da5b | 69 | .I "void\ *BIOS" |
| c4bb193f | 70 | and at other times a single argument |
| fea681da | 71 | .IR "int magic" . |