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31.Dd July 31, 2015
32.Dt EXAMPLE 4 i386
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm example
36.Nd "example device driver manual page"
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38To compile the driver into the kernel,
39place the following lines in the
40kernel configuration file:
41.Bd -ragged -offset indent
42.Cd "device example"
43.Cd "options EXAMPLE_DEBUG"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternatively, to load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place the following line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50example_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53This is an example device driver manual page for the
54.Nm
55driver.
56It is intended that this example can be used as a template
57when writing a new manual page.
58.Pp
59The
60.Nm
61driver supports the following ioctls:
62.Bl -tag -width ".Dv EIOCNULL"
63.It Dv EIOCEX
64Example ioctl.
65.It Dv EIOCNULL
66Example ioctl.
67.El
68.Pp
69If the kernel is compiled with the
70.Dv EXAMPLE_DEBUG
71option, then additional debugging messages will be displayed.
72.Sh HARDWARE
73The
74.Nm
75driver supports the following example hardware:
76.Pp
77.Bl -bullet -compact
78.It
79Example device 4201
80.It
81Example device 4202
82.El
83.Sh FILES
84.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/null" -compact
85.It Pa /dev/null
86Example of a file in the
87.Sx FILES
88section.
89.El
90.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
91.Bl -diag
92.It "example%d: example diagnostic message."
93An example of a diagnostic message.
94.It "example%d: another example diagnostic message."
95Self explanatory.
96.El
97.Sh SEE ALSO
98.Xr example 1 ,
99.Xr example 3 ,
100.Xr mdoc 7 ,
101.Xr example 9
102.Sh HISTORY
103The
104.Nm
105device driver first appeared in
106.Fx 2.2 .
107.Pp
108Some other common
109.Sx HISTORY
110section examples are:
111.Pp
112The
113.Nm
114manual page example first appeared in
115.Bx 4.4 .
116.Pp
117The
118.Nm
119manual page example first appeared in
120.At v6 .
121.Sh AUTHORS
122This manual page was written by
123.An Mike Pritchard Aq Mt mpp@FreeBSD.org .
124.Sh BUGS
125The actual code for this device driver is vaporware.
126