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