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create_module.2: Glibc 2.23 removed last vestiges of support for this system call 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-02-22 08:11:13 +01:00
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@ -66,14 +66,12 @@ it was removed in Linux 2.6.
.BR create_module ()
is Linux-specific.
.SH NOTES
The
.BR create_module ()
system call is not supported by glibc.
No declaration is provided in glibc headers, but,
through a quirk of history, glibc does export an ABI for this system call.
This obsolete system call is not supported by glibc.
No declaration is provided in glibc headers, but, through a quirk of history,
glibc versions before 2.23 did export an ABI for this system call.
Therefore, in order to employ this system call,
it is sufficient to manually declare the interface in your code;
alternatively, you can invoke the system call using
it was sufficient to manually declare the interface in your code;
alternatively, you could invoke the system call using
.BR syscall (2).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR delete_module (2),