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+.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Tim J. Robbins
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd February 7, 2014
+.Dt SEM 4
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sem
+.Nd POSIX semaphores
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+To compile this driver into the kernel,
+place the following line in your
+kernel configuration file:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Cd "options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Alternatively, to load the driver as a
+module at boot time, place the following line in
+.Xr loader.conf 5 :
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+sem_load="YES"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+To load the driver as a module at run-time, run the following
+command as root:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+kldload sem
+.Ed
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+facility provides system calls used by the standard C library
+.Pq Pa libc
+to implement
+.Tn POSIX
+semaphores.
+This facility offers support for such functions as
+.Fn sem_init
+and
+.Fn sem_wait .
+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 in
+.Fx 5.0 .
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