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.\" Modified, 27 May 2004, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\" Added notes on capability requirements
.\"
-.TH iopl 2 2023-02-05 "Linux man-pages 6.03"
+.TH iopl 2 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
.SH NAME
iopl \- change I/O privilege level
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ the
.B CAP_SYS_RAWIO
capability is required to raise the I/O privilege level
above its current value.
-.SH STANDARDS
-.BR iopl ()
-is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs that are
-intended to be portable.
-.SH NOTES
+.SH VERSIONS
.\" Libc5 treats it as a system call and has a prototype in
.\" .IR <unistd.h> .
.\" glibc1 does not have a prototype.
@@ -72,7 +68,9 @@ glibc2 has a prototype both in
and in
.IR <sys/perm.h> .
Avoid the latter, it is available on i386 only.
-.PP
+.SH STANDARDS
+Linux.
+.SH HISTORY
Prior to Linux 5.5
.BR iopl ()
allowed the thread to disable interrupts while running