From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750766AbWBVSPX (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:15:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751385AbWBVSPX (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:15:23 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:23750 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750766AbWBVSPW (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:15:22 -0500 Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:15:21 +0100 (MET) From: "Michael Kerrisk" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <18893.1139526575@www004.gmx.net> Subject: man-pages-2.24 is released X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated: #24879014 Message-ID: <18708.1140632121@www052.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Gidday, I recently released man-pages-2.24, which can be found at the location listed in the .sig. This release includes the following new manual pages: get_kernel_syms.2 create_module.2 delete_module.2 init_module.2 query_module.2 FSF / mtk (with assistance of Luc Van Oostenryck) man-pages finally gets pages for these system calls, several of which are obsolete in Linux 2.6. Took the old GPLed pages dated 1996 and made a number of clean-ups and minor additions. The man-pages set contains sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the manual pages. These sections describe the following: 2: (Linux) system calls 3: (libc) library functions 4: Devices 5: File formats and protocols 7: Overview pages, conventions, etc. As far as this list is concerned the most relevant parts are: all of sections 2 and 4, which describe kernel-userland interfaces; in section 5, the proc(5) manual page, which attempts (it's always catching up) to be a comprehensive description of /proc; and various pages in section 7, some of which are overview pages of kernel features (e.g., networking protocols). This is a request to kernel developers: if you make a change to a kernel-userland interface, or observe a discrepancy between the manual pages and reality, would you please send me (at mtk-manpages@gmx.net ) one of the following (in decreasing order of preference): 1. An in-line "diff -u" patch with text changes for the corresponding manual page. (The most up-to-date version of the manual pages can always be found at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages or ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages .) 2. An email describing the changes, which I can then integrate into the appropriate manual page. 3. A message alerting me that some part of the manual pages does not correspond to reality. Eventually, I will try to remedy the situation. Obviously, as we get further down this list, more of my time is required, and things may go slower, especially when the changes concern some part of the kernel that I am ignorant about and I can't find someone to assist. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages/, read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'.