Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:09:35 +0100 (MET) | From | "Michael Kerrisk" <> | Subject | man-pages-2.23 is released |
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Gidday,
I recently released man-pages-2.23, which can be found at the location listed in the .sig.
This release includes the following new manual pages:
inotify_init.2 inotify_add_watch.2 inotify_rm_watch.2 Robert Love, with some additions by mtk. New pages describing the inotify API.
inotify.7 mtk Overview of the inotify API.
mbind.2 get_mempolicy.2 set_mempolicy.2 Andi Kleen, with additional work by mtk New pages describing the NUMA memory allocation policy API.
rtc.4 Urs Thuermann, with additional work by mtk New page describing the real-time clock driver.
Among other notable changes for existing pages are the following:
mlock.2 mtk / Matthias Andree Added BUGS txt on interaction between MCL_FUTURE and RLIMIT_MEMLOCK. See the following LKML thread: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113801392825023&w=2 "Rationale for RLIMIT_MEMLOCK"
sched_setaffinity.2 mtk Major rewrite.
The man-pages set contains sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the manual pages. These sections describe the following:
2: (Linux) system calls 3: (libc) library functions 4: Devices 5: File formats and protocols 7: Overview pages, conventions, etc.
As far as this list is concerned the most relevant parts are: all of sections 2 and 4, which describe kernel-userland interfaces; in section 5, the proc(5) manual page, which attempts (it's always catching up) to be a comprehensive description of /proc; and various pages in section 7, some of which are overview pages of kernel features (e.g., networking protocols).
This is a request to kernel developers: if you make a change to a kernel-userland interface, or observe a discrepancy between the manual pages and reality, would you please send me (at mtk-manpages@gmx.net ) one of the following (in decreasing order of preference):
1. An in-line "diff -u" patch with text changes for the corresponding manual page. (The most up-to-date version of the manual pages can always be found at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages .)
2. An email describing the changes, which I can then integrate into the appropriate manual page.
3. A message alerting me that some part of the manual pages does not correspond to reality. Eventually, I will try to remedy the situation.
Obviously, as we get further down this list, more of my time is required, and things may go slower, especially when the changes concern some part of the kernel that I am ignorant about and I can't find someone to assist.
Cheers,
Michael
-- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7
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