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.TH SETUP 2 2008-12-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
-setup \- setup devices and file systems, mount root file system
+setup \- setup devices and filesystems, mount root filesystem
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <unistd.h>
.sp
.BR setup ()
is called once from within
.IR linux/init/main.c .
-It calls initialization functions for devices and file systems
-configured into the kernel and then mounts the root file system.
+It calls initialization functions for devices and filesystems
+configured into the kernel and then mounts the root filesystem.
.PP
No user process may call
.BR setup ().
The calling sequence varied: at some times
.I setup ()
has had a single argument
-.I "void *BIOS"
+.I "void\ *BIOS"
and at other times a single argument
.IR "int magic" .
+.SH COLOPHON
+This page is part of release 3.68 of the Linux
+.I man-pages
+project.
+A description of the project,
+information about reporting bugs,
+and the latest version of this page,
+can be found at
+\%http://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.