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diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml index 94f1af34bf..11b0b8e987 100644 --- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml +++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml @@ -2077,6 +2077,13 @@ mnesia:create_table(employee, <fsummary>Starts a local Mnesia system.</fsummary> <desc> <marker id="start"></marker> + <p>Mnesia startup is asynchronous. The function call + <c>mnesia:start()</c> returns the atom <c>ok</c> and then + starts to initialize the different tables. Depending on the + size of the database, this can take some time, and the + application programmer must wait for the tables that the + application needs before they can be used. This is achieved + by using the function <c>mnesia:wait_for_tables/2</c>.</p> <p>The startup procedure for a set of Mnesia nodes is a fairly complicated operation. A Mnesia system consists of a set of nodes, with Mnesia started locally on all |