Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:13:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r196815 - stable/8/share/man/man9 Message-ID: <200909040713.n847D7if057561@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: julian Date: Fri Sep 4 07:13:07 2009 New Revision: 196815 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/196815 Log: MFC r196450 Add clarifications to the kproc and kthread manpages and link the kthread_create(9) man page to the kproc(9) page as it has migrated and people looking for it may need a hand to find its new name. Approved by: re (kib) Modified: stable/8/share/man/man9/ (props changed) stable/8/share/man/man9/Makefile stable/8/share/man/man9/kproc.9 stable/8/share/man/man9/kthread.9 Modified: stable/8/share/man/man9/Makefile ============================================================================== --- stable/8/share/man/man9/Makefile Fri Sep 4 06:26:40 2009 (r196814) +++ stable/8/share/man/man9/Makefile Fri Sep 4 07:13:07 2009 (r196815) @@ -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 \ Modified: stable/8/share/man/man9/kproc.9 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/share/man/man9/kproc.9 Fri Sep 4 06:26:40 2009 (r196814) +++ stable/8/share/man/man9/kproc.9 Fri Sep 4 07:13:07 2009 (r196815) @@ -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 Modified: stable/8/share/man/man9/kthread.9 ============================================================================== --- stable/8/share/man/man9/kthread.9 Fri Sep 4 06:26:40 2009 (r196814) +++ stable/8/share/man/man9/kthread.9 Fri Sep 4 07:13:07 2009 (r196815) @@ -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
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