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