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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml | 8 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/notes.xml | 99 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml | 2 |
5 files changed, 105 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml index 30772c68fe..32fc9e13a4 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml @@ -246,14 +246,10 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry { something that the <c>WaitForMultipleObjects</c> API function understands). (Some trickery in the emulator allows more than the built-in limit of 64 <c>Events</c> to be used.)</p> - <p>On Enea OSE the <c>event</c> is one or more signals that can - be retrieved using <seealso marker="ose:ose_erl_driver#erl_drv_ose_get_signal">erl_drv_ose_get_signal</seealso>.</p> <p>To use this with threads and asynchronous routines, create a - pipe on unix, an Event on Windows or a unique signal number on - Enea OSE. When the routine + pipe on unix and an Event on Windows. When the routine completes, write to the pipe (use <c>SetEvent</c> on - Windows or send a message to the emulator process on Enea OSE), - this will make the emulator call + Windows), this will make the emulator call <c>ready_input</c> or <c>ready_output</c>.</p> <p>Spurious events may happen. That is, calls to <c>ready_input</c> or <c>ready_output</c> even though no real events are signaled. In diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml index 1f7fe0f961..3bf18ae8d0 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_driver.xml @@ -1044,9 +1044,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec { <c>select</c>/<c>poll</c> can use). On windows, the Win32 API function <c>WaitForMultipleObjects</c> is used. This places other restrictions on the event object. - Refer to the Win32 SDK documentation. - On Enea OSE, the receive function is used. See the <seealso - marker="ose:ose_erl_driver"></seealso> for more details.</p> + Refer to the Win32 SDK documentation.</p> <p>The <c>on</c> parameter should be <c>1</c> for setting events and <c>0</c> for clearing them.</p> <p>The <c>mode</c> argument is a bitwise-or combination of @@ -1058,7 +1056,7 @@ typedef struct ErlIOVec { <seealso marker="driver_entry#ready_output">ready_output</seealso>. </p> <note> - <p>Some OS (Windows and Enea OSE) do not differentiate between read and write events. + <p>Some OS (Windows) do not differentiate between read and write events. The call-back for a fired event then only depends on the value of <c>mode</c>.</p> </note> <p><c>ERL_DRV_USE</c> specifies if we are using the event object or if we want to close it. diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 37f0aa289e..e77532463e 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ <fsummary>Print a term on standard output</fsummary> <desc> <p>Prints a text representation of <c><anno>Term</anno></c> on the standard - output. On OSE the term is printed to the ramlog.</p> + output.</p> <warning> <p>This BIF is intended for debugging only.</p> </warning> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml index 64de3aa622..bed1ac463d 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,105 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the ERTS application.</p> +<section><title>Erts 7.0.3</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Fixed a binary memory leak when printing to shell using + the tty driver (i.e. not -oldshell).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12941</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Fix a bug where the standard error port sometimes crashes + with eagain as the reason.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12942</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + +<section><title>Erts 7.0.2</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + A process could end up in an inconsistent half exited + state in the runtime system without SMP support. This + could occur if the processes was traced by a port that it + also was linked to, and the port terminated abnormally + while handling a trace message for the process.</p> + <p> + This bug has always existed in the runtime system without + SMP support, but never in the runtime system with SMP + support.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12889 Aux Id: seq12885 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Removed unnecessary copying of data when retrieving + corrected Erlang monotonic time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12894</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Changed default OS monotonic clock source chosen at build + time. This in order to improve performance. The behavior + will now on most systems be that (both OS and Erlang) + monotonic time stops when the system is suspended.</p> + <p> + If you prefer that monotonic time elapse during suspend + of the machine, you can pass the command line argument + <c>--enable-prefer-elapsed-monotonic-time-during-suspend</c> + to <c>configure</c> when building Erlang/OTP. The + configuration stage will try to find such a clock source, + but might not be able to find it. Note that there might + be a performance penalty associated with such a clock + source.</p> + <p> + *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12895</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + <c>erlang:system_info(end_time)</c> returned a faulty + value on 32-bit architectures.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12896</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + The <c>configure</c> command line argument + <c>--enable-gettimeofday-as-os-system-time</c> has been + added which force usage of <c>gettimeofday()</c> for OS + system time. This will improve performance of + <c>os:system_time()</c> and <c>os:timestamp()</c> on + MacOS X, at the expense of worse accuracy, resolution and + precision of Erlang monotonic time, Erlang system time, + and OS system time.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12892</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Erts 7.0.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml index 0a5b2c6136..faec3c68c1 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ first argument to run_erl on the command line.</item> <tag>pipe_dir</tag> <item>This is where to put the named pipe, usually - <c><![CDATA[/tmp/]]></c> on Unix or <c><![CDATA[/pipe/]]></c> on OSE. It shall be suffixed by a <c><![CDATA[/]]></c> (slash), + <c><![CDATA[/tmp/]]></c>. It shall be suffixed by a <c><![CDATA[/]]></c> (slash), i.e. not <c><![CDATA[/tmp/epipies]]></c>, but <c><![CDATA[/tmp/epipes/]]></c>. </item> <tag>log_dir</tag> <item>This is where the log files are written. There will be one |