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@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@
core dump and no crash dump if an internal error is detected.</p>
<p>Calling <c>erlang:halt/1</c> with a string argument will still
- produce a crash dump.</p>
+ produce a crash dump. On Unix systems, sending an emulator process
+ a SIGUSR1 signal will also force a crash dump.</p>
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<tag><marker id="+e"><c><![CDATA[+e Number]]></c></marker></tag>
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@@ -1141,6 +1142,23 @@
<p>For more information, see
<seealso marker="erlang#system_info_cpu_topology">erlang:system_info(cpu_topology)</seealso>.</p>
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+ <tag><marker id="+secio"><c>+secio true|false</c></marker></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Enable or disable eager check I/O scheduling. The default
+ is currently <c>true</c>. The default was changed from <c>false</c>
+ to <c>true</c> as of erts version 7.0. The behaviour before this
+ flag was introduced corresponds to <c>+secio false</c>.</p>
+ <p>The flag effects when schedulers will check for I/O
+ operations possible to execute, and when such I/O operations
+ will execute. As the name of the parameter implies,
+ schedulers will be more eager to check for I/O when
+ <c>true</c> is passed. This however also implies that
+ execution of outstanding I/O operation will not be
+ prioritized to the same extent as when <c>false</c> is
+ passed.</p>
+ <p><seealso marker="erlang#system_info_eager_check_io"><c>erlang:system_info(eager_check_io)</c></seealso>
+ returns the value of this parameter used when starting the VM.</p>
+ </item>
<tag><marker id="+sfwi"><c>+sfwi Interval</c></marker></tag>
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<p>Set scheduler forced wakeup interval. All run queues will