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authorRickard Green <[email protected]>2017-06-30 16:34:26 +0200
committerRickard Green <[email protected]>2017-08-28 14:42:44 +0200
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Example of using distribution controller processes
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-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml14
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/Makefile b/erts/doc/src/Makefile
index b96cbbce40..444adf4a6e 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/erts/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ release_docs_spec: docs
"$(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html"
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(ERL_TOP)/erts/example/time_compat.erl \
"$(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html"
+ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(ERL_TOP)/lib/kernel/examples/gen_tcp_dist/src/gen_tcp_dist.erl \
+ "$(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html"
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(INFO_FILE) "$(RELSYSDIR)"
$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3"
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAN3DIR)/* "$(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3"
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
index 3d87e9dcdb..300f75dc13 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/alt_dist.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
etc in this example). That is, depending on what you want
to do you perhaps do not need to implement a driver at all
and can then skip the driver related sections below.
+ The <c>gen_tcp_dist</c> example described in the
+ <seealso marker="#distribution_module">Distribution
+ Module</seealso> section utilize distribution controller
+ processes and can be worth having a look at if you want to
+ use distribution controller processes.
</p></note>
<section>
@@ -181,6 +186,15 @@
ignore exit signals. It is allowed to trap exits, but it should
then voluntarily terminate when an exit signal is received.
</p>
+ <p>
+ An example implementation of a distribution module can be found
+ in
+ <url href="gen_tcp_dist.erl">$ERL_TOP/lib/kernel/examples/gen_tcp_dist/src/gen_tcp_dist.erl</url>.
+ It implements the distribution over TCP/IP using the <c>gen_tcp</c>
+ API with distribution controllers implemented by processes. This
+ instead of using port distribution controllers as the ordinary TCP/IP
+ distribution uses.
+ </p>
<section>
<marker id="distribution_module_exported_callback_functions"/>