setup.2: Relocate some CONFORMING TO text to VERSIONS and NOTES

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.\" Modified Wed Nov 6 04:05:28 1996 by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
.\" Modified Sat Jan 29 01:08:23 2000 by aeb
.\"
.TH SETUP 2 1996-05-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH SETUP 2 2008-12-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setup \- setup devices and file systems, mount root file system
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.TP
.B EPERM
Always, for a user process.
.SH VERSIONS
Since Linux 2.1.121, no such function exists anymore.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
This function is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs
intended to be portable, or indeed in any programs at all.
Since Linux 2.1.121, no such function exists anymore.
The calling sequence varied: it has had a single argument
.SH NOTES
The calling sequence varied: at some times
.I setup ()
has had a single argument
.I "void *BIOS"
and at other times a single argument
.IR "int magic" .