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