SETUP(2)		  Linux Programmer's Manual		     SETUP(2)



NAME
       setup - setup devices and file systems, mount root file system

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       _syscall0(int, setup);

       int setup(void);

DESCRIPTION
       setup is called once from within linux/init/main.c.  It calls initial-
       ization 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,  or	indeed in any programs at all.	Since
       Linux 2.1.121, no such function exists anymore.	The calling  sequence
       varied: it has had a single parameter void * BIOS and at other times a
       single parameter int magic.



Linux 1.2.9			  1996-05-03			     SETUP(2)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. mount
3. at