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SYSMIPS(2)							    SYSMIPS(2)


NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     sysmips - MIPS Computer Systems Inc. system call

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/sysmips.h>

     int sysmips (int cmd, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     sysmips is	the interface to various machine specific functions.  The cmd
     argument determines the function performed.  The number of	arguments
     expected is dependent on the function.

     SETNAME    [Toc]    [Back]
	  This function	renames	the system, which is sometimes referred	to as
	  the node name	or host	name.  A single	argument of type char *	is
	  expected.  This points to a string that has a	length less or equal
	  to MAXHOSTNAMELEN characters (defined	in param.h).

     Note that this function is	obsolescent. Instead, uname(2) should be used.

     STIME    [Toc]    [Back]
	  This function	sets the system	time and date.	The single argument is
	  of type long and contains the	time as	measured in seconds from
	  00:00:00 GMT January 1, 1970.	 It does not affect the	hardware
	  battery backed up time-of-day	clock.	Note that this command is only
	  available to the super-user.

     FLUSH_CACHE    [Toc]    [Back]
	  This function	flushes	both the instruction and data caches.  On
	  multiprocessor systems, all caches on	all processors are flushed.
	  For finer control, use cacheflush(2).	 No arguments are expected.

     SMIPSSWPI    [Toc]    [Back]
	  Add to, delete from, or determine the	currently active swap areas.
	  The address of an appropriately primed swap buffer is	passed as the
	  only argument.  (This	buffer is displayed below and defined in the
	  sys/swap.h header file; refer	to this	file for details of loading
	  the buffer.)

	  The format of	the swap buffer	is:

	  struct swapinf {
	       char *si_cmd;	   /* command: list, add, delete */
	       char *si_buf;	   /* swap file	path pointer */
	       int   si_swplo;		/* start block */
	       int   si_nblks;		/* swap	size */
	  }

	  Note that the	add and	delete options of the command may only be
	  exercised by the super-user.




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SYSMIPS(2)							    SYSMIPS(2)



     MIPS_FIXADE    [Toc]    [Back]
	  This function	enables	or disables the	transparent recovery from
	  unaligned address exceptions for the current process.	 If arg1 is 1,
	  recovery is enabled. If arg1 is 0, recovery is disabled.  For
	  example, a halfword data access on an	odd byte boundary would
	  ordinarily generate a	SIGBUS signal to the user.  After calling this
	  function with	arg1 set to 1, the operating system will attempt to
	  allow	the access to complete by retrying the access using byte-wise
	  instructions.

     MIPS_FPSIGINTR    [Toc]    [Back]
	  This function	permits	the caller to decide what happens when a
	  floating point operation requires operating system intervention.  If
	  arg1 is 0, then these	floating point operations are silently
	  executed by the operating system.  If	arg1 is	a 1, then a SIGFPE
	  signal is generated before the operation is handled.	The process's
	  SIGFPE signal	handler	may then determine exactly what	caused the
	  floating point hardware to require software intervention.  The
	  operating system, before sending the signal, will change the value
	  from a 1 to a	2 which	means the next time an operation requires
	  operating system assistance, the SIGFPE will not be generated,
	  rather the value will	be set back to a 1, and	the operation will be
	  performed.  All other	values for arg1	are ignored.  This action is
	  cleared on exec(2) and inherited on fork(2) and sproc(2).  A more
	  complete exception handling package may be found in
	  handle_sigfpes(3C).

     When cmd is invalid, errno	is set to EINVAL on return.

     In	addition, the cmd SETNAME may also return:

     [EFAULT]	    The	argument points	to an invalid address.

     The cmd SMIPSSWPI may also	return:

     [EFAULT]	    Swapbuf points to an invalid address.

     [EFAULT]	    Swapbuf.si_buf points to an	invalid	address.

     [ENOTBLK]	    Swap area specified	is not a block special device.

     [EEXIST]	    Swap area specified	has already been added.

     [ENOSPC]	    Too	many swap areas	in use (if adding).

     [ENOMEM]	    Tried to delete last remaining swap	area.

     [ENOMEM]	    No place to	put swapped pages when deleting	a swap area.

     [EINVAL]	    Bad	arguments.





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SYSMIPS(2)							    SYSMIPS(2)


SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     cachectl(2), cacheflush(2), sethostname(2), signal(2), stime(2),
     uname(2), handle_sigfpes(3C), swap(1M).

DIAGNOSTICS    [Toc]    [Back]

     Upon successful completion, the value returned is zero.  Otherwise, a
     value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The command code MIPS_FPU is defined in sys/sysmips.h but is not
     implemented.


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