SETUP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 3 May 1996
NAME
setup - setup devices and file systems, mount root file system
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
_syscall0(int, setup);
int setup(void);
DESCRIPTION
setup
is called once from within
linux/init/main.c.
It calls initialization functions for devices and file systems
configured into the kernel and then mounts the root file system.
No user process may call
setup.
Any user process, even a process with super-user permission,
will receive
EPERM.
RETURN VALUE
setup
always returns -1 for a user process.
ERRORS
- EPERM
-
Always, for a user process.
CONFORMING TO
This function is Linux specific, and should not be used in programs
intended to be portable.