NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     sysarch - architecture-dependent system call

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <machine/sysarch.h>

     int
     sysarch(int number, void *args);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     sysarch() performs the architecture-dependent function specified by
     number  with  the  arguments  specified by the args pointer.
args is a
     pointer to a structure defining the actual arguments of  the
function.
     Symbolic constants and argument structures for the architecture-dependent
     functions   can   be    found    in    the    header    file
<machine/sysarch.h>.

     The sysarch() system call should never be called directly by
user programs.
  Instead, they should access its functions using  the
architecturedependent
 library.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     See  the  manual  pages  for specific architecture-dependent
function calls
     for information about their return values.

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The sysarch() function call appeared in NetBSD 0.9A.

OpenBSD     3.6                        October      11,      1993