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intro(9u)
NAME
  intro - Introduction to device drivers

DESCRIPTION
  This section describes the routines that can directly call device drivers
  from programs in user space. The descriptions can include the following
  sections.

  Name

  This section lists the name of the routine and a summary of its purpose.
  In general, there is one routine described for each reference page.
  However, in some cases it makes sense to describe more than one on the same
  page if the routines are related. When this occurs, this section lists the
  names of all the routines.

  Synopsis

  This section shows the function prototype.  This book assumes that you
  understand how to interpret the function prototype and how to write an
  appropriate call for a specific interface.

  Arguments

  This section provides descriptions for the arguments associated with a
  given routine. In most cases, argument descriptions begin with the word
  specifies to indicate that you pass the argument (with some specified
  value) to the routine. If the type of the argument appears as a void *, the
  argument description states that you must define the type.

  Description

  This section contains explanations of the tasks performed by the routine.

  Return Values

  This section describes the return values that a given routine can return.
  In most cases, if the routine returns an error value, this value is
  described in the Return Values section.

  Errors

  This section provides the possible error constants a given routine can
  return, along with a description of the error.

  Example

  This section provides the section where you can find an example of the
  routine's use.


  See Also

  This section lists related routines, kernel interfaces, structures, system
  calls, and so forth.

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