SYSARCH(2)

SYSARCH(2) | System Calls Manual | SYSARCH(2)

# NAME

`sysarch` —
architecture-dependent system call

# LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

# SYNOPSIS

`#include <machine/sysarch.h>`

int
`sysarch`(int number, void *args);

# DESCRIPTION

`sysarch`() performs the architecture-dependent function specified by number with the arguments specified by the args pointer. args is a pointer to a structure defining the actual arguments of the function. Symbolic constants and argument structures for the architecture-dependent functions can be found in the header file ⟨machine/sysarch.h⟩.

The `sysarch`() system call should never be called directly by user programs. Instead, they should access its functions using the architecture-dependent library.

# RETURN VALUES

See the manual pages for specific architecture-dependent function calls for information about their return values.

# HISTORY

The `sysarch`() function call appeared in NetBSD 1.0.

October 11, 1993 | NetBSD 9.0