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SETUP (2)

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. man2/signal.2 man2/shmop.2