> I am trying to find out where the function socket() is actually defined.

sys/kern/uipc_syscalls.c

cscope is your friend.

> Moreover is see __P with all the function prototypes. Can anyone
> tell me what do they mean. I am right now assuming for my work that
> they just mean blank.

Bad assumption.  Depending on the compiler, __P either returns the
argument passed to the macro or '()'.  This is because pre-ANSI C
didn't support function prototypes.

    pre-ANSI

        int foo();

    ANSI

        int foo(char *, int *, int, int);

Again, cscope is your friend.

-JohnG

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