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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd January 14, 2003
+.Dt SEM 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sem
+.Nd POSIX semaphores
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+To link into the kernel:
+.Cd "options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES"
+.Pp
+To load as a kernel loadable module:
+.Dl kldload sem
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+facility provides system calls used by the C library
+.Pq Pa libc
+to implement
+.Tn POSIX
+semaphores.
+It is available both as a kernel option for static inclusion and as a
+dynamic kernel module.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sem_destroy 3 ,
+.Xr sem_getvalue 3 ,
+.Xr sem_init 3 ,
+.Xr sem_open 3 ,
+.Xr sem_post 3 ,
+.Xr sem_wait 3 ,
+.Xr config 8 ,
+.Xr kldload 8 ,
+.Xr kldunload 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+facility appeared as a kernel option in
+.Fx 3.0 .
+The
+.Nm
+kernel module appeared in
+.Fx 5.0 .