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author | julian <julian@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-08-23 07:48:11 +0000 |
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committer | julian <julian@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-08-23 07:48:11 +0000 |
commit | c5b50090c7472d122868429f5aefe13a56246ba0 (patch) | |
tree | bcf8fd76987bf9485035450bf4c0acbbd42f59c5 /share | |
parent | b263d131b26d77771a3724114da620945064882e (diff) | |
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Add claraifications to the kproc and kthread manpages and link
the kthread_create(9) man page to the kproc(9) page as it had migrated and
people looking for it may need a hand to find its new name.
MFC after: 1 week
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/Makefile | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/kproc.9 | 22 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/kthread.9 | 21 |
3 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man9/Makefile b/share/man/man9/Makefile index 3148d5e..86b5838 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man9/Makefile @@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ MLINKS+=kobj.9 DEFINE_CLASS.9 \ kobj.9 kobj_delete.9 \ kobj.9 kobj_init.9 MLINKS+=kproc.9 kproc_create.9 \ + kproc.9 kthread_create.9 \ kproc.9 kproc_exit.9 \ kproc.9 kproc_resume.9 \ kproc.9 kproc_shutdown.9 \ diff --git a/share/man/man9/kproc.9 b/share/man/man9/kproc.9 index 23ce05c..bb56235 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/kproc.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/kproc.9 @@ -64,6 +64,28 @@ .Fa "int flags" "int pages" "char * procname" "const char *fmt" "..." .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION +In +.Fx 8.0 , +the +.Fn kthread* 9 +family of functions was renamed to be the +.Fn kproc* 9 +family of functions, as they were misnamed +and actually produced kernel processes. +A new family of +.Em different +.Fn kthread_* 9 +functions was added to produce +.Em real +kernel +.Em threads . +See the +.Xr kthread 9 +man page for more information on those calls. +Also note that the +.Fn kproc_kthread_add 9 +function appears in both pages as its functionality is split. +.Pp The function .Fn kproc_start is used to start diff --git a/share/man/man9/kthread.9 b/share/man/man9/kthread.9 index 29d678c..ffb5179 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/kthread.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/kthread.9 @@ -65,6 +65,27 @@ .Fa "int flags" "int pages" "char * procname" "const char *fmt" "..." .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION +In +.Fx 8.0 , +the older family of +.Fn kthread_* 9 +functions was renamed to be the +.Fn kproc_* 9 +family of functions, +as they were previously misnamed +and actually produced kernel processes. +This new family of +.Fn kthread_* 9 +functions was added to produce +.Em real +kernel threads. +See the +.Xr kproc 9 +man page for more information on the renamed calls. +Also note that the +.Fn kproc_kthread_add 9 +function appears in both pages as its functionality is split. +.Pp The function .Fn kthread_start is used to start |