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.SH CONFORMING TO
This Linux-specific system call is only available on MIPS based systems.
.\" FIXME This system call was only on MIPS back in 1.2 days, but
.\" by now it is on a number of other architectures (but not x86).
.\" by now it is on a number of other architectures (but not i386).
.\" Investigate the details and update this page.
It should not be used in programs intended to be portable.
.\" Irix 6.5 appears to have a cacheflush() syscall -- mtk

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disappeared.
This flag is still defined, but has no effect.
On x86,
On i386,
.BR clone ()
should not be called through vsyscall, but directly through
.IR "int $0x80" .

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may live on a different machine.
.SH BUGS
A limitation of the Linux system call conventions on some
architectures (notably x86) means that if a (negative)
architectures (notably i386) means that if a (negative)
process group ID to be returned by
.B F_GETOWN
falls in the range \-1 to \-4095, then the return value is wrongly
@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ will contain the (positive) process group ID.
.\" mtk, Dec 04: some limited testing on alpha and ia64 seems to
.\" indicate that ANY negative PGID value will cause F_GETOWN
.\" to misinterpret the return as an error. Some other architectures
.\" seem to have the same range check as x86.
.\" seem to have the same range check as i386.
In Linux 2.4 and earlier, there is bug that can occur
when an unprivileged process uses

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(defined in
.IR include/linux/jiffies.h ),
then the timer is silently truncated to this ceiling value.
On Linux/x86 (where, since kernel 2.6.13,
On Linux/i386 (where, since kernel 2.6.13,
the default jiffy is 0.004 seconds),
this means that the ceiling value for a timer is
approximately 99.42 days.
On certain systems (including x86),
On certain systems (including i386),
Linux kernels before version 2.6.12 have a bug which will produce
premature timer expirations of up to one jiffy under some circumstances.
This bug is fixed in kernel 2.6.12.

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The first addend in the formula, which includes
.I "sizeof(struct msg_msg *)"
(4 bytes on Linux/x86), ensures that the user cannot
(4 bytes on Linux/i386), ensures that the user cannot
create an unlimited number of zero-length messages (such messages
nevertheless each consume some system memory for bookkeeping overhead).
.TP

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with a suitably adjusted value for
.IR offset .
On some hardware architectures (e.g., x86),
On some hardware architectures (e.g., i386),
.B PROT_WRITE
implies
.BR PROT_READ .

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@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Whether
has any effect different from
.B PROT_READ
is architecture and kernel version dependent.
On some hardware architectures (e.g., x86),
On some hardware architectures (e.g., i386),
.B PROT_WRITE
implies
.BR PROT_READ .

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yet.
.SH BUGS
A limitation of the Linux system call conventions on some architectures
(notably x86) means that on Linux 2.6 there is a small time window
(notably i386) means that on Linux 2.6 there is a small time window
(41 seconds) soon after boot when
.BR times (2)
can return \-1, falsely indicating that an error occurred.

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@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ In the glibc implementation,
.I delta
must be less than or equal to (INT_MAX / 1000000 \- 2)
and greater than or equal to (INT_MIN / 1000000 + 2)
(respectively 2145 and \-2145 seconds on x86).
(respectively 2145 and \-2145 seconds on i386).
.SH BUGS
Currently, if
.I delta

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@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The
function converts the unsigned short integer \fInetshort\fP
from network byte order to host byte order.
.PP
On the i80x86 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte first,
On the i386 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte first,
whereas the network byte order, as used on the Internet, is Most
Significant Byte first.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"

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.fi
.in
.PP
Note that on the i80x86 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte
Note that on the i386 the host byte order is Least Significant Byte
first (little endian), whereas the network byte order, as used on the
Internet, is Most Significant Byte first (big endian).
.SH "CONFORMING TO"

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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
.SH EXAMPLE
On a Linux/x86 system, when compiled using the default
On a Linux/i386 system, when compiled using the default
.BR gcc (1)
options, the program below produces the following output:
.nf

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even while the computer is turned off.
RTCs often provide alarms and other interrupts.
All x86 PCs, and ACPI based systems, have an RTC that is compatible with
All i386 PCs, and ACPI based systems, have an RTC that is compatible with
the Motorola MC146818 chip on the original PC/AT.
Today such an RTC is usually integrated into the mainboard's chipset
(south bridge), and uses a replaceable coin-sized backup battery.

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.\" FIXME better description needed
The value is the timeout in jiffies until the token bucket filter is
cleared after a burst.
A jiffy is a system dependent unit, usually 10ms on x86 and
A jiffy is a system dependent unit, usually 10ms on i386 and
about 1ms on alpha and ia64.
.TP
.B icmp_destunreach_rate

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so that a writing process does not remain blocked.
In Linux versions before 2.6.11, the capacity of a pipe was the same as
the system page size (e.g., 4096 bytes on x86).
the system page size (e.g., 4096 bytes on i386).
Since Linux 2.6.11, the pipe capacity is 65536 bytes.
.SS PIPE_BUF
POSIX.1-2001 says that

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The value of
.I HZ
varies across kernel versions and hardware platforms.
On x86 the situation is as follows:
On i386 the situation is as follows:
on kernels up to and including 2.4.x, HZ was 100,
giving a jiffy value of 0.01 seconds;
starting with 2.6.0, HZ was raised to 1000, giving a jiffy of