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diff --git a/share/man/man4/sem.4 b/share/man/man4/sem.4 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4a641dc646f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/sem.4 @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Tim J. Robbins +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd November 11, 2006 +.Dt SEM 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sem +.Nd POSIX semaphores +.Sh SYNOPSIS +To compile this driver into the kernel, +place the following lines in your +kernel configuration file: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Cd "options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES" +.Ed +.Pp +Alternatively, to load the driver as a +module at boot time, place the following line in +.Xr loader.conf 5 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +sem_load="YES" +.Ed +.Pp +.Dl "kldload sem" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +facility provides system calls used by the standard C library +.Pq Pa libc +to implement +.Tn POSIX +semaphores. +This facility offers support for such functions as +.Fn sem_init +and +.Fn sem_wait . +It is available both as a kernel option for static inclusion and as a +dynamic kernel module. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sem_destroy 3 , +.Xr sem_getvalue 3 , +.Xr sem_init 3 , +.Xr sem_open 3 , +.Xr sem_post 3 , +.Xr sem_wait 3 , +.Xr config 8 , +.Xr kldload 8 , +.Xr kldunload 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +facility appeared as a kernel option in +.Fx 3.0 . +The +.Nm +kernel module appeared in +.Fx 5.0 . |