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.Dd July 24, 1996
.Os
.Dt VFS_INIT 9
.Sh NAME
.Nm VFS_INIT
.Nd initialize a filesystem
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/mount.h
.In sys/vnode.h
.Ft int
.Fn VFS_INIT
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This function is called once to allow a filesystem to initialize any
global data structures that it might have.  It is either called when
the operating system boots or, for dynamically loaded filesystems,
when the kernel module containing the filesystem is loaded.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr VFS 9 ,
.Xr vnode 9
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An Doug Rabson .