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@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ Thus, making a system call looks the same as invoking a normal
library function.
.PP
In many cases, the C library wrapper function does nothing more than:
-.IP * 3
+.IP \(bu 3
copying arguments and the unique system call number to the
registers where the kernel expects them;
-.IP *
+.IP \(bu
trapping to kernel mode,
at which point the kernel does the real work of the system call;
-.IP *
+.IP \(bu
setting
.I errno
if the system call returns an error number when the kernel returns the