[arch-dev-public] [singoff] man-pages 3.30-1

[Stéphane Gaudreault]

Le vendredi 05 novembre 2010 13:48:07, Andreas Radke a écrit :
> upstream update. please signoff.
> 
> -Andy
> 
> ==================== Changes in man-pages-3.30 ====================
> 
> New and rewritten pages
> -----------------------
> 
> kexec_load.2
>     Andi Kleen
>         New page documenting kexec_load(2)
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Add license
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Incorporate fixes from Eric W. Biederman
>             Eric noted that a few instances of "virtual" should
>             be "physical" and noted:
> 
>                 There is an expectation that at hand off from sys_kexec
>                 that virtual and physical addresses will be identity
>                 mapped. But this isn't the old Alpha booting convention
>                 where you have a virtual address and then you have to
>                 parse the page table to figure out where your kernel
>                 was actually loaded. Michael Kerrisk
>         Additions and edits by mtk
>             Various wording and layout improvements.
>             Fixed the name of a constant:
>                 s/KEXEC_ARCH_I386/KEXEC_ARCH_386/. Added RETURN VALUE
>                 and ERRORS sections. Added VERSIONS section
>             Note that CONFIG_KEXEC is needed
>             Removed details of using syscall; the reader can find them
>                 in syscall(2).
>             Added some details for KEXEC_PRESERVE_CONTEXT.
>             Revised the text mentioning the kernel header, since it is
>             not yet exported, and it's not certain that it will be.
> 
> lio_listio.3
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         New page documenting lio_listio(3)
> 
> 
> Newly documented interfaces in existing pages
> ---------------------------------------------
> 
> reboot.2
>     Andi Kleen
>         Document LINUX_REBOOT_KEXEC
> 
> unshare.2
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Document CLONE_NEWIPC
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Document CLONE_NEWNET
>     Lucian Adrian Grijincu
>         Improve description of CLONE_NEWNET
>             CLONE_NEWNET creates a new network namespace from scratch.
>             You don't have anything from the old network namespace in
>             the new one. Even the loopback device is new.
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Document CLONE_SYSVSEM
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Document CLONE_NEWUTS
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Relocate discussion of CAP_SYS_ADMIN to CLONE_NEWNS section
>             And rewrite the EPERM description to be more general in
>             preparation for the new flags to be documented.
> 
> 
> Global changes
> --------------
> 
> Various pages
>     Michael Kerrisk
>         Add reference to feature_test_macros(7)
>             Some pages simply list feature test macro requirements in
>             the form:
> 
>                 #define #GNU_SOURCE
>                 #include <someheader.h>
> 
>             For these pages, add a "See feature_test_macros(7)" comment
>             on the "#define" line.
> 
> Various pages
>     David Prevot
>         Use greater consistency in NAME line
>         (Remove definite article at start of descriptiive clause.)

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