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1.1     ! root        1: .TH SYSCALL 2 "12 February 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: syscall \- indirect system call
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .nf
        !             7: .BR "syscall(number, arg, ...)" \  \  
        !             8: .fi
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Syscall
        !            11: performs the system call whose assembly language
        !            12: interface has the specified
        !            13: .I number,
        !            14: register arguments
        !            15: .I r0
        !            16: and
        !            17: .I r1
        !            18: and further arguments
        !            19: .IR arg .
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: The r0 value of the system call is returned.
        !            22: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            23: When the C-bit is set,
        !            24: .I syscall
        !            25: returns \-1 and sets the
        !            26: external variable 
        !            27: .I errno
        !            28: (see
        !            29: .IR intro (2)).
        !            30: .SH BUGS
        !            31: There is no way to simulate system calls
        !            32: such as
        !            33: .IR pipe (2),
        !            34: which return values in register r1.

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