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18.Dd July 9, 2018
19.Dt IOVEC 9S
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm iovec
23.Nd data storage structure for I/O using uio
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25.In sys/uio.h
26.Sh INTERFACE LEVEL
27Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29An
30.Vt iovec
31structure describes a data storage area for transfer in a
32.Xr uio 9S
33structure.
34Conceptually, it can be thought of as a base address
35and length specification.
36.Sh STRUCTURE MEMBERS
37.Bd -literal -offset 2n
38caddr_t    iov_base;  /* base address of the data storage area */
39                      /* represented by the iovec structure */
40int        iov_len;   /* size of the data storage area in bytes */
41.Ed
42.Sh SEE ALSO
43.Xr uio 9S
44.Rs
45.%T Writing Device Drivers
46.Re
47