From 828f16fbcd71adc20995421aabe59518ec33c6f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:15:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Ready for 2.63 --- Changes | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- HOWTOHELP | 6 +++ 2 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/Changes b/Changes index 3fccbd4ee..212afe657 100644 --- a/Changes +++ b/Changes @@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ Released: 2007-07-09 -This release consists solely of formatting fixes. There are no changes -to content. Contributors ------------ @@ -11,10 +9,15 @@ Contributors The following people contributed notes, ideas, or patches that have been incorporated in changes in this release: +Arnd Bergmann +Eduardo M. Fleury +Ivana Varekova Justin Pryzby +Marc Boyer Martin (Joey) Schulze Martin Röhricht Patrick Mansfield +Pierre Habouzit Stepan Kasal Apologies if I missed anyone! @@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ msgctl.2 select.2 semctl.2 shmctl.2 +syslog.2 stat.2 a64l.3 printf.3 @@ -45,7 +49,6 @@ unimplemented.2 Added SEE ALSO reference to syscalls.2. - New pages --------- @@ -55,10 +58,33 @@ sgetmask.2 (This page replaces a previous link of the same, which linked signal.2.) +spu_create.2 + Arnd Bergmann with additional work by Eduardo M. Fleury and mtk + Document the PowerPC SPU spu_create() system call. + (Originally taken from the kernel source file + Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt.) + +spu_run.2 + Arnd Bergmann with additional work by Eduardo M. Fleury and mtk + Document the PowerPC SPU spu_run() system call. + (Originally taken from the kernel source file + Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt.) + +spufs.7 + Arnd Bergmann with additional work by Eduardo M. Fleury and mtk + Document the PowerPC SPU file system. + (Originally taken from the kernel source file + Documentation/filesystems/spufs.txt.) + Removed Pages ------------- +__clone.2 + mtk + This file was created by accident in 2.61, as a copy of clone.2. + (it should have been a link to clone.2.) + obsolete.2 mtk Details on this page are covered in syscalls.2 and in @@ -118,6 +144,23 @@ truncate64.2 mtk Added as link to corresponding page without "64". +__clone2.2 +clone2.2 + mtk + Links to clone.2. + +ugetrlimit.2 + mtk + Link to getrlimit.2. + +mq_notify.2 +mq_open.2 +mq_timedreceive.2 +mq_timedsend.2 +mq_unlink.2 + mtk + Added as links to corresponding section 3 pages. + fadvise64.2 fadvise64_64.2 mtk @@ -134,28 +177,50 @@ rt_sigqueueinfo.2 mtk Link to sigqueue.2. -mq_notify.2 -mq_open.2 -mq_timedreceive.2 -mq_timedsend.2 -mq_unlink.2 - mtk - Added as links to corresponding section 3 pages. - madvise1.2 +tuxcall.2 vserver.2 - mtk + mtk / Ivana Varekova Link to unimplemented.2. - Changes to individual pages --------------------------- +access.2 + mtk + Fairly substantial rewrites of various parts, + and a few additions. + +chmod.2 + mtk + Update SYNOPSIS to reflect the fact that fchmod(2) needs + either "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500" or "#define _BSD_SOURCE". + +chown.2 + mtk + Update SYNOPSIS to reflect the fact that fchmod(2) and lchown(2) + need either "#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500" or "#define _BSD_SOURCE". + Added an example program. + killpg.2 mtk Note that killpg() is actually a library function on Linux. +mmap.2 + mtk + Added note that glibc mmap() wrapper nowadays invokes mmap2(). + +mmap2.2 + Ivana Varekova / mtk + On most platforms the unit for 'offset' is 4096 bytes, not + the system page size. + mtk + Rewrote NOTES to note that glibc mmap() wrapper nowadays + invokes this system call. + mtk + Added an EXAMPLE program. + oldfstat.2 oldlstat.2 oldstat.2 @@ -171,6 +236,24 @@ sched_setaffinity.2 Martin Röhricht Added _GNU_SOURCE to SYNOPSIS. +semctl.2 + mtk + Remove reference discussion of ipc(2), since none of the + other System V IPC pages mention ipc(2). + +semop.2 + mtk + Add an example code segment. + +shmctl.2 + mtk + Add svipc(7) to SEE ALSO list. + +sigaction.2 + mtk + Reformatted tables as lists; other minor reformattings and + wording changes. + sigqueue.2 mtk Added info on rt_sigqueueinfo(2). @@ -197,13 +280,18 @@ uname.2 unimplemented.2 mtk Add vserver, madvise1 to NAME line. - mtk Removed SEE ALSO reference to obsolete.2. + Ivana Varekova + Add tuxcall to NAME line. mktemp.3 Patrick Mansfield Fix description of return value. +strcat.3 + Marc Boyer + Minor fix to example program. + undocumented.3 mtk Add section numbers to function names; remove some functions @@ -212,6 +300,10 @@ undocumented.3 proc.5 mtk Update/correct text on /proc/malloc. + mtk, after a note by Pierre Habouzit, and a few comments + by Justin Pryzby + Update description of /proc/PID/stat to match 2.6.21. + See Debian bug 417933. inotify.7 mtk @@ -221,6 +313,10 @@ signal.7 Stepan Kasal / mtk Note SIGRTMIN value depends on glibc. mtk - Various rewites and additions to the text in real-time signals. - mtk + Various rewrites and additions to the text in real-time signals. Add SEE ALSO reference to sgetmask.2. + +svipc.7 + mtk + Add ipc(2) to SEE ALSO. + diff --git a/HOWTOHELP b/HOWTOHELP index 78cf2422e..2a7b68f29 100644 --- a/HOWTOHELP +++ b/HOWTOHELP @@ -236,6 +236,12 @@ If you are thinking of writing one or more of these pages, then: System Calls ------------ +perfmonctl(2) IA-64 specific + +sys_debug_setcontext(2) PowerPC id CONFIG_POWERPC + +vserver(2) new in 2.6 + add_key(2) (new in kernel 2.6.10) keyctl(2) (new in kernel 2.6.10) request_key(2) (new in kernel 2.6.10)