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| author | boisy |
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| date | Wed, 09 Apr 2003 16:03:05 +0000 |
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| 152 | 1 <refentry id="iniz"> |
| 2 <refnamediv> | |
| 3 <refname>INIZ</refname> | |
| 4 <refpurpose>Initialize a device.</refpurpose> | |
| 5 </refnamediv> | |
| 6 | |
| 7 <refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 8 <cmdsynopsis> | |
| 1093 | 9 <command>iniz</command> |
| 152 | 10 <arg choice="opt"> |
| 11 <option>devicename [...]</option> | |
| 12 </arg> | |
| 13 </cmdsynopsis> | |
| 14 </refsynopsisdiv> | |
| 15 | |
| 158 | 16 <refsect1> |
| 17 <title>Description</title> | |
| 152 | 18 <para> |
| 19 Links the specified device to OS-9, places the device addres in a new device | |
| 20 table entry, allocates the memory needed by the device driver, and calls | |
| 21 the device driver initialization routine. If the device is already | |
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22 installed, <command>iniz</command> does not reinitialize it. |
| 152 | 23 </para> |
| 158 | 24 <refsect2> |
| 25 <title>Options:</title> | |
| 26 <variablelist> | |
| 27 <varlistentry> | |
| 28 <term>devicename</term> | |
| 29 <listitem> | |
| 152 | 30 <para> |
| 158 | 31 is the name of the device drivere you want to |
| 32 initialize. Specify as many device drivers as you | |
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33 wish with one <command>iniz</command> command. |
| 152 | 34 </para> |
| 158 | 35 </listitem> |
| 36 </varlistentry> | |
| 37 </variablelist> | |
| 38 </refsect2> | |
| 39 <refsect2> | |
| 40 <title>Notes:</title> | |
| 152 | 41 <para> |
| 42 You can use Iniz in the startup file or at the system startup to initialize | |
| 43 devices and allocate their static storage at the top of memory (to reduce | |
| 44 memory fragmentation). | |
| 45 </para> | |
| 158 | 46 </refsect2> |
| 47 </refsect1> | |
| 48 <refsect1> | |
| 49 <title>Example:</title> | |
| 50 <literallayout> | |
| 152 | 51 INIZ P T2 [ENTER] |
| 158 | 52 </literallayout> |
| 152 | 53 <para> |
| 54 initializes the P (printer) and T2 (terminal 2) devices. | |
| 55 </para> | |
| 56 </refsect1> | |
| 57 </refentry> |