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authorhmp <hmp@FreeBSD.org>2003-11-12 02:35:20 +0000
committerhmp <hmp@FreeBSD.org>2003-11-12 02:35:20 +0000
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Mdoc Janitor:
* cleanup hard sentence breaks. * sprinle some .Dq macros.
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+++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/svr4.4
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ or
.Pa /compat/svr4/dev .
Internally, the
.Xr streams 4
-driver produces a socket descriptor and "tags" it with additional STREAMS
+driver produces a socket descriptor and
+.Dq tags
+it with additional STREAMS
state information before returning it to the client application.
The
.Nm
@@ -177,9 +179,11 @@ archives containing pre-populated trees can be obtained from
.Pp
Extensive testing has only really been carried out with Solaris 2.x binaries,
with anecdotal reports of limited success coming from testers with
-early-revision SCO media. In theory, the basic SVR4 ABI should be constant
+early-revision SCO media.
+In theory, the basic SVR4 ABI should be constant
across the set of vendors who produce SVR4 operating systems, but in
-practice that's probably not the case. If necessary, future work can
+practice that's probably not the case.
+If necessary, future work can
either implement additional
.Xr kld 4
modules which produce functionality which contains OS-dependent
@@ -187,7 +191,9 @@ departures from the behaviour which has been implemented in this
ABI implementation.
Alternatively,
.Xr sysctl 8
-variables could set the "personality" the environment should present to
+variables could set the
+.Dq personality
+the environment should present to
client applications.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /sys/compat/svr4/syscalls.master -compact
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