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UVAR(2)  —  Silicon Graphics

NAME

uvar − returns system-specific configuration information

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/var.h> uvar(v)
struct var *v;

DESCRIPTION

Returns system-specific configuration information contained in the kernel.  The information returned contains table sizes, mask words, and other system-specific information for programs such as adb(1), ld(1), and ps(1).

Presently a maximum of 256 bytes of information is returned.  This number is subject to change. 

SEE ALSO

/usr/include/sys/space.h

ASSEMBLER

moveq#57,D0
movlv,A0
movw#33,A1
trap#0

Carry bit is set if data could not be put into the address pointed to by v. 

NOTE

This system call is not supported. 

Version 2.3  —  July 04, 1985

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