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32.Dd December 8, 1999
33.Dt EXAMPLE 4 i386
34.\" Note: Only specify the operating system when the command
35.\" is FreeBSD specific, otherwise use the .Os macro with no
36.\" arguments.
37.Os FreeBSD
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm example
40.Nd example device driver manual page
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Cd device example
43.Cd options EXAMPLE_DEBUG
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45This is an example device driver manual page for
46the
47.Nm
48driver.  It is intended
49that this example can be used as a template when writing
50a new manual page.
51.Pp
52The
53.Nm
54driver supports the following ioctls:
55.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXX
56.It Dv EIOCEX
57Example ioctl.
58.It Dv EIOCNULL
59Example ioctl.
60.El
61.Pp
62If the kernel is compiled with the
63.Dv EXAMPLE_DEBUG
64option, then additional debugging messages will be displayed.
65.Sh FILES
66.Bl -tag -width /dev/null -compact
67.It Pa /dev/null
68Example of a file in the
69.Sx FILES
70section.
71.El
72.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
73.Bl -diag
74.It example%d: example diagnostic message.
75An example of a diagnostic message.
76.It example%d: another example diagnostic message.
77Self explanatory.
78.El
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr example 1 ,
81.Xr example 3 ,
82.Xr mdoc 7 ,
83.Xr mdoc.samples 7
84.Sh HISTORY
85The
86.Nm
87manual page example first appeared in
88.Fx 2.2 .
89.Pp
90Some other common
91.Sx HISTORY
92section examples are:
93.Pp
94The
95.Nm
96manual page example first appeared in
97.Bx 4.4 .
98.Pp
99The
100.Nm
101manual page example first appeared in
102.At v6 .
103.Sh AUTHORS
104This
105manual page was written by
106.An Mike Pritchard Aq mpp@FreeBSD.org .
107.Sh BUGS
108The actual code for this device driver is vaporware.
109