EXAMPLE(4)

NAME
example - example device driver manual page

SYNOPSIS
To compile the driver into the kernel, place the following lines in the kernel configuration file:

device example
options EXAMPLE_DEBUG

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

    example_load="YES"

DEPRECATION NOTICE
This driver is scheduled for removal prior to the release of FreeBSD 17.0.

DESCRIPTION
This is an example device driver manual page for the example driver. It is intended that this example can be used as a template when writing a new manual page.

The example driver supports the following ioctls:

EIOCEX
    Example ioctl.

EIOCNULL
    Example ioctl.

If the kernel is compiled with the EXAMPLE_DEBUG option, then additional debugging messages will be displayed.

HARDWARE
The example driver supports the following example hardware:

•   Example device 4201
•   Example device 4202

FILES
/dev/null
    Example of a file in the FILES section.

DIAGNOSTICS

example%d: example diagnostic message. An example of a diagnostic message.

example%d: another example diagnostic message. Self explanatory.

SEE ALSO
example(1), example(3), mdoc(7), example(9)

HISTORY
The example device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.

Some other common HISTORY section examples are:

The example manual page example first appeared in 4.4BSD.

The example manual page example first appeared in AT&T UNIX.

AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>.

BUGS
The actual code for this device driver is vaporware.