Conventions Used in This Manual

Conventions Used in This Manual

This manual uses the conventions and symbols shown in Table ii.

Typographical Conventions
Type of Information Example of Typography
Filenames and pathnames This structure is declared in /usr/include/sys/time.h.
IRIX command names and options used in normal text Update these variables with systune; then build a new kernel with autoconfig -vf.
Names of program variables, structures, and data types Global variable mainSema points to an IRIX semaphore, which has type usema_t.
Names of IRIX kernel functions, library functions, and functions in example code Use mmap() to map an object into the address space, and munmap() to remove it.
Names of IRIX reference ("man") pages. You can click on any of these to display the pa See the plock(2) reference page.

Typographical Conventions
Type of Information	Example of Typography
Filenames and pathnames	This structure is declared in /usr/include/sys/time.h.
IRIX command names and options used in normal text	Update these variables with systune; then build a new kernel with autoconfig -vf.
Names of program variables, structures, and data types	Global variable mainSema points to an IRIX semaphore, which has type usema_t.
Names of IRIX kernel functions, library functions, and functions in example code	Use mmap() to map an object into the address space, and munmap() to remove it.
Names of IRIX reference ("man") pages. You can click on any of these to display the pa	See the plock(2) reference page.

When complete lines of example code or commands are set off from normal text, they are displayed as follows.

ipcrm -s semid

Parts of the code or command that need to be typed exactly as shown are displayed in a monospaced font. Operands that need to be supplied by you are italicized.

Tells how the virtual address space of a process is created under IRIX. Lists the parts of the address space and their sources; discusses memory mapping; gives tips on cache management.