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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/sload, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: sload()                COHERENT System Call               sload()
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                      8: Load device driver
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                     10: #include <con.h>
                     11: iinntt ssllooaadd(_m_a_j_o_r, _f_i_l_e, _c_o_n_p)
                     12: iinntt _m_a_j_o_r; cchhaarr *_f_i_l_e; CCOONN *_c_o_n_p;
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                     14: The COHERENT system accesses all devices through drivers residing
                     15: in the  system.  Except for the root device,  drivers must be ex-
                     16: plicitly loaded  before use; this operation  does not involve re-
                     17: booting.
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                     19: sload  loads the  driver given  by file  as device  number major.
                     20: This number  uniquely identifies the driver  to the system.  conp
                     21: is a reference to a CON  structure, as defined in the header file
                     22: con.h.  It describes standard entry points and gives other infor-
                     23: mation on the driver.  Normally, major and conp are obtained from
                     24: the driver load module; this is  the method used by the load com-
                     25: mand.
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                     27: file must be in the correct format.  Usually, it is created using
                     28: the -k option to ld.
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                     30: This call is restricted to the superuser.
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                     32: ***** Files *****
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                     34: <con.h>
                     35: /drv/*
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                     37: ***** See Also *****
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                     39: COHERENT system calls, con.h, init, l.out.h, ld, suload
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                     41: ***** Diagnostics *****
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                     43: sload  return zero  upon  successful loading  of the  appropriate
                     44: driver, or -1  on errors.  sload errors include nonexistent file,
                     45: parameter (such as major) out of range, driver already loaded for
                     46: major, or file not a file containing a proper driver.
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