NAME

       setup - setup devices and filesystems, mount root filesystem

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int setup(void);

DESCRIPTION

       setup()  is called once from within linux/init/main.c.  It calls initialization functions for devices and
       filesystems configured into the kernel and then mounts the root filesystem.

       No user process may call setup().  Any user process, even  a  process  with  superuser  permission,  will
       receive EPERM.

RETURN VALUE

       setup() always returns -1 for a user process.

ERRORS

       EPERM  Always, for a user process.

VERSIONS

       Since Linux 2.1.121, no such function exists anymore.

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.

NOTES

       The  calling  sequence  varied:  at  some times setup() has had a single argument void *BIOS and at other
       times a single argument int magic.

COLOPHON

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Linux                                              2008-12-03                                           SETUP(2)