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29.Dd April 1, 2006
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
37.Ns Nm
38driver 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
47.Ns Nm
48driver as a
49module at boot time, place the following line in
50.Xr loader.conf 5 :
51.Bd -literal -offset indent
52example_load="YES"
53.Ed
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55This is an example device driver manual page for the
56.Nm
57driver.
58It is intended that this example can be used as a template
59when writing a new manual page.
60.Pp
61The
62.Nm
63driver supports the following ioctls:
64.Bl -tag -width ".Dv EIOCNULL"
65.It Dv EIOCEX
66Example ioctl.
67.It Dv EIOCNULL
68Example ioctl.
69.El
70.Pp
71If the kernel is compiled with the
72.Dv EXAMPLE_DEBUG
73option, then additional debugging messages will be displayed.
74.Sh HARDWARE
75The
76.Nm
77driver supports the following example hardware:
78.Pp
79.Bl -bullet -compact
80.It
81Example device 4201
82.It
83Example device 4202
84.El
85.Sh FILES
86.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/null" -compact
87.It Pa /dev/null
88Example of a file in the
89.Sx FILES
90section.
91.El
92.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
93.Bl -diag
94.It "example%d: example diagnostic message."
95An example of a diagnostic message.
96.It "example%d: another example diagnostic message."
97Self explanatory.
98.El
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr example 1 ,
101.Xr example 3 ,
102.Xr mdoc 7 ,
103.Xr example 9
104.Sh HISTORY
105The
106.Nm
107device driver first appeared in
108.Fx 2.2 .
109.Pp
110Some other common
111.Sx HISTORY
112section examples are:
113.Pp
114The
115.Nm
116manual page example first appeared in
117.Bx 4.4 .
118.Pp
119The
120.Nm
121manual page example first appeared in
122.At v6 .
123.Sh AUTHORS
124This manual page was written by
125.An Mike Pritchard Aq mpp@FreeBSD.org .
126.Sh BUGS
127The actual code for this device driver is vaporware.
128