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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Jonathan Lemon
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.Dd July 27, 1998
+.Dt I386_GET_IOPERM 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm i386_get_ioperm ,
+.Nm i386_set_ioperm
+.Nd manage per-process access to the i386 I/O port space
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In machine/sysarch.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn i386_get_ioperm "unsigned int start" "unsigned int *length" "int *enable"
+.Ft int
+.Fn i386_set_ioperm "unsigned int start" "unsigned int length" "int enable"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn i386_get_ioperm
+system call
+will return the permission for the process' I/O port space in the
+.Fa *enable
+argument.
+The port range starts at
+.Fa start
+and the number of contiguous entries will be returned in
+.Fa *length .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn i386_set_ioperm
+system call
+will set access to a range of I/O ports described by the
+.Fa start
+and
+.Fa length
+arguments to the state specified by the
+.Fa enable
+argument.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Rv -std
+.Sh ERRORS
+The
+.Fn i386_get_ioperm
+and
+.Fn i386_set_ioperm
+system calls
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+An invalid range was specified by the
+.Fa start
+or
+.Fa length
+arguments.
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The caller of i386_set_ioperm was not the superuser.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr io 4
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This man page was written by
+.An Jonathan Lemon .