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.SH FILES
.I /usr/include/linux/unistd.h
.SH STANDARDS
-The use of these macros is Linux-specific, and deprecated.
-.SH NOTES
-Starting around kernel 2.6.18, the _syscall macros were removed
+Linux.
+.SH HISTORY
+Starting around Linux 2.6.18, the _syscall macros were removed
from header files supplied to user space.
Use
.BR syscall (2)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ instead.
on those architectures,
.BR syscall (2)
was always required.)
-.PP
+.SH NOTES
The _syscall() macros
.I "do not"
produce a prototype.