Author: julian
Date: Sun Aug 23 07:48:11 2009
New Revision: 196450
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/196450
Log:
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
Modified:
head/share/man/man9/Makefile
head/share/man/man9/kproc.9
head/share/man/man9/kthread.9
Modified: head/share/man/man9/Makefile
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/Makefile Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2009
(r196449)
+++ head/share/man/man9/Makefile Sun Aug 23 07:48:11 2009
(r196450)
@@ -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: head/share/man/man9/kproc.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/kproc.9 Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2009 (r196449)
+++ head/share/man/man9/kproc.9 Sun Aug 23 07:48:11 2009 (r196450)
@@ -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: head/share/man/man9/kthread.9
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man9/kthread.9 Sun Aug 23 07:32:30 2009
(r196449)
+++ head/share/man/man9/kthread.9 Sun Aug 23 07:48:11 2009
(r196450)
@@ -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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