From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261663AbTHYJ6Z (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 05:58:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261666AbTHYJ6Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 05:58:24 -0400 Received: from vtens.prov-liege.be ([193.190.122.60]:53922 "EHLO mesepl.epl.prov-liege.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261663AbTHYJ6V (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 05:58:21 -0400 To: Subject: [PATCH 2.6.0-test2] abi doc From: Cc: Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:23:16 CEST Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Originating-Ip: [10.10.0.30] X-Mailer: NOCC v0.9.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andrew, Here's a sysctl doc patch against 2.6.0-test2 for abi. Could you apply ? Regards, Fabian diff -Naur orig/Documentation/sysctl/README edited/Documentation/sysctl/README --- orig/Documentation/sysctl/README 2003-07-27 17:07:20.000000000 +0000 +++ edited/Documentation/sysctl/README 2003-08-11 22:42:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ by piece basis, or just some 'thematic frobbing'. The subdirs are about: +abi/ execution domains & personalities debug/ dev/ device specific information (eg dev/cdrom/info) fs/ specific filesystems diff -Naur orig/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt edited/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt --- orig/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000 +++ edited/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt 2003-08-11 22:41:29.000000000 +0000 @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Documentation for /proc/sys/abi/* kernel version 2.6.0.test2 + (c) 2003, Fabian Frederick + +For general info : README. + +============================================================== + +This path is binary emulation relevant aka personality types aka abi. +When a process is executed, it's linked to an exec_domain whose +personality is defined using values available from /proc/sys/abi. +You can find further details about abi in include/linux/personality.h. + +Here are the files featuring in 2.6 kernel : + +- defhandler_coff +- defhandler_elf +- defhandler_lcall7 +- defhandler_libcso +- fake_utsname +- trace + +=========================================================== +defhandler_coff: +defined value : +PER_SCOSVR3 +0x0003 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | WHOLE_SECONDS | SHORT_INODE + +=========================================================== +defhandler_elf: +defined value : +PER_LINUX +0 + +=========================================================== +defhandler_lcall7: +defined value : +PER_SVR4 +0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO, + +=========================================================== +defhandler_libsco: +defined value: +PER_SVR4 +0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO, + +=========================================================== +fake_utsname: +Unused + +=========================================================== +trace: +Unused + +=========================================================== ___________________________________