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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+  <header>
+    <copyright>
+      <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+    </copyright>
+    <legalnotice>
+      The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+      Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+      compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+      Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+      retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+    
+      Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+      basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+      the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+      under the License.
+    
+    </legalnotice>
+
+    <title>erl_boot_server</title>
+    <prepared></prepared>
+    <docno></docno>
+    <date></date>
+    <rev></rev>
+  </header>
+  <module>erl_boot_server</module>
+  <modulesummary>Boot Server for Other Erlang Machines</modulesummary>
+  <description>
+    <p>This server is used to assist diskless Erlang nodes which fetch
+      all Erlang code from another machine.</p>
+    <p>This server is used to fetch all code, including the start
+      script, if an Erlang runtime system is started with
+      the <c>-loader inet</c> command line flag. All hosts specified
+      with the <c>-hosts Host</c> command line flag must have one
+      instance of this server running.</p>
+    <p>This server can be started with the <c>kernel</c> configuration
+      parameter <c>start_boot_server</c>.</p>
+    <p>The <c>erl_boot_server</c> can both read regular files as well as
+      files in archives. See <seealso marker="code">code(3)</seealso>
+      and <seealso marker="erts:erl_prim_loader">erl_prim_loader(3)</seealso>.</p>
+    <warning><p>The support for loading of code from archive files is
+     experimental. The sole purpose of releasing it before it is ready
+     is to obtain early feedback. The file format, semantics,
+     interfaces etc. may be changed in a future release.</p></warning>
+  </description>
+  <funcs>
+    <func>
+      <name>start(Slaves) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, What}</name>
+      <fsummary>Start the boot server</fsummary>
+      <type>
+        <v>Slaves = [Host]</v>
+        <v>Host = atom()</v>
+        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
+        <v>What = term()</v>
+      </type>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Starts the boot server. <c>Slaves</c> is a list of IP
+          addresses for hosts which are allowed to use this server as a
+          boot server.</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+    <func>
+      <name>start_link(Slaves) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, What}</name>
+      <fsummary>Start the boot server and links the caller</fsummary>
+      <type>
+        <v>Slaves = [Host]</v>
+        <v>Host = atom()</v>
+        <v>Pid = pid()</v>
+        <v>What = term()()</v>
+      </type>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Starts the boot server and links to the caller. This function
+          is used to start the server if it is included in a supervision
+          tree.</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+    <func>
+      <name>add_slave(Slave) -> ok | {error, What}</name>
+      <fsummary>Add a slave to the list of allowed slaves</fsummary>
+      <type>
+        <v>Slave = Host</v>
+        <v>Host = atom()</v>
+        <v>What = term()</v>
+      </type>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Adds a <c>Slave</c> node to the list of allowed slave hosts.</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+    <func>
+      <name>delete_slave(Slave) -> ok | {error, What}</name>
+      <fsummary>Delete a slave from the list of allowed slaves</fsummary>
+      <type>
+        <v>Slave = Host</v>
+        <v>Host = atom()</v>
+        <v>What = void()</v>
+      </type>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Deletes a <c>Slave</c> node from the list of allowed slave
+          hosts.</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+    <func>
+      <name>which_slaves() -> Slaves</name>
+      <fsummary>Return the current list of allowed slave hosts</fsummary>
+      <type>
+        <v>Slaves = [Host]</v>
+        <v>Host = atom()</v>
+      </type>
+      <desc>
+        <p>Returns the current list of allowed slave hosts.</p>
+      </desc>
+    </func>
+  </funcs>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
+    <p><seealso marker="erts:init">init(3)</seealso>,  
+      <seealso marker="erts:erl_prim_loader">erl_prim_loader(3)</seealso></p>
+  </section>
+</erlref>
+
+