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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1995-10-18 08:53:40 +0000
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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" from: @(#)fork.2 6.5 (Berkeley) 3/10/91
+.\" $Id: i386_iopl.2,v 1.1 1995/10/18 08:41:19 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd October 14, 1995
+.Dt I386_IOPL 2
+.Os NetBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm i386_iopl
+.Nd change the i386 I/O privilege level
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <machine/sysarch.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn i386_iopl "int iopl"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn i386_iopl
+sets the i386 I/O privilege level to the value specified by
+.Ar iomap .
+This call is restricted to the super-user.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+Upon successful completion,
+.Fn i386_iopl
+returns 0.
+Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and the global
+variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn i386_iopl
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The caller was not the super-user.
+.El
+.Sh REFERENCES
+i386 Microprocessor Programmer's Reference Manual, Intel