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@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@ the other arguments are passed through to the appropriate call.
User-space programs should call the appropriate functions by their usual names.
Only standard library implementors and kernel hackers need to know about
.BR ipc ().
-.SH STANDARDS
-.BR ipc ()
-is Linux-specific, and should not be used in programs
-intended to be portable.
-.SH NOTES
+.SH VERSIONS
On some architectures\[em]for example x86-64 and ARM\[em]there is no
.BR ipc ()
system call; instead,
@@ -49,6 +45,8 @@ system call; instead,
.BR semctl (2),
.BR shmctl (2),
and so on really are implemented as separate system calls.
+.SH STANDARDS
+Linux.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR msgctl (2),
.BR msgget (2),