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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml15
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml159
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml5
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml6
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml12
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml10
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml93
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml58
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/packages.xml8
12 files changed, 203 insertions, 169 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile
index 78e5f7bc26..5e04bff0c1 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# %CopyrightBegin%
#
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2012. All Rights Reserved.
#
# 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
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
index ee687511a3..279c7558bc 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
of the additional library directories will override modules with
the same name in OTP, except for modules in Kernel and
STDLIB.</p>
- <p>The environment variable <c>ERL_LIBS</c> (if defined) shold contain
+ <p>The environment variable <c>ERL_LIBS</c> (if defined) should contain
a colon-separated (for Unix-like systems) or semicolon-separated
(for Windows) list of additional libraries.</p>
<p>Example: On an Unix-like system, <c>ERL_LIBS</c> could be set to
@@ -728,16 +728,13 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]),
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>is_module_native(Module) -> boolean() | undefined</name>
+ <name name="is_module_native" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Test whether a module has native code</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Module = module()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>This function returns <c>true</c> if <c>Module</c> is
+ <p>This function returns <c>true</c> if <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is
name of a loaded module that has native code loaded, and
- <c>false</c> if <c>Module</c> is loaded but does not have
- native. If <c>Module</c> is not loaded, this function returns
+ <c>false</c> if <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is loaded but does not have
+ native. If <c><anno>Module</anno></c> is not loaded, this function returns
<c>undefined</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
index 1911fb628e..26db11cfcd 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/erl_ddll.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -182,11 +182,8 @@
</datatypes>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name>demonitor(MonitorRef) -> ok</name>
+ <name name="demonitor" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Remove a monitor for a driver</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Removes a driver monitor in much the same way as
<seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:demonitor/1">erlang:demonitor/1</seealso> does with process
@@ -232,24 +229,19 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>info(Name, Tag) -> Value</name>
+ <name name="info" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Retrieve specific information about one driver</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Name = string() | atom()</v>
- <v>Tag = processes | driver_options | port_count | linked_in_driver | permanent | awaiting_load | awaiting_unload</v>
- <v>Value = term()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function returns specific information about one aspect
- of a driver. The <c>Tag</c> parameter specifies which aspect
- to get information about. The <c>Value</c> return differs
+ of a driver. The <c><anno>Tag</anno></c> parameter specifies which aspect
+ to get information about. The <c><anno>Value</anno></c> return differs
between different tags:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><em>processes</em></tag>
<item>
<p>Return all processes containing <seealso marker="#users">users</seealso> of the specific drivers
- as a list of tuples <c>{pid(),int()}</c>, where the
- <c>int()</c> denotes the number of users in the process
+ as a list of tuples <c>{pid(),integer() >= 0}</c>, where the
+ <c>integer()</c> denotes the number of users in the process
<c>pid()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>driver_options</em></tag>
@@ -261,16 +253,16 @@
</item>
<tag><em>port_count</em></tag>
<item>
- <p>Return the number of ports (an <c>int()</c>) using the driver.</p>
+ <p>Return the number of ports (an <c>integer >= 0()</c>) using the driver.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>linked_in_driver</em></tag>
<item>
- <p>Return a <c>bool()</c>, being <c>true</c> if the driver is a
+ <p>Return a <c>boolean()</c>, being <c>true</c> if the driver is a
statically linked in one and <c>false</c> otherwise.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>permanent</em></tag>
<item>
- <p>Return a <c>bool()</c>, being <c>true</c> if the driver has made
+ <p>Return a <c>boolean()</c>, being <c>true</c> if the driver has made
itself permanent (and is <em>not</em> a statically
linked in driver). <c>false</c> otherwise.</p>
</item>
@@ -278,14 +270,14 @@
<item>
<p>Return a list of all processes having monitors for
<c>loading</c> active, each process returned as
- <c>{pid(),int()}</c>, where the <c>int()</c> is the
+ <c>{pid(),integer() >= 0}</c>, where the <c>integer()</c> is the
number of monitors held by the process <c>pid()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>awaiting_unload</em></tag>
<item>
<p>Return a list of all processes having monitors for
<c>unloading</c> active, each process returned as
- <c>{pid(),int()}</c>, where the <c>int()</c> is the
+ <c>{pid(),integer() >= 0}</c>, where the <c>integer()</c> is the
number of monitors held by the process <c>pid()</c>.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
@@ -377,41 +369,34 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>monitor(Tag, Item) -> MonitorRef</name>
+ <name name="monitor" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Create a monitor for a driver</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tag = driver </v>
- <v>Item = {Name, When}</v>
- <v>Name = atom() | string()</v>
- <v>When = loaded | unloaded | unloaded_only</v>
- <v>MonitorRef = reference()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function creates a driver monitor and works in many
ways as the function <seealso marker="erts:erlang#erlang:monitor/2">erlang:monitor/2</seealso>,
does for processes. When a driver changes state, the monitor
results in a monitor-message being sent to the calling
- process. The <c>MonitorRef</c> returned by this function is
+ process. The <c><anno>MonitorRef</anno></c> returned by this function is
included in the message sent.</p>
<p>As with process monitors, each driver monitor set will only
generate <em>one single message</em>. The monitor is
"destroyed" after the message is sent and there is then no
need to call <seealso marker="#demonitor/1">demonitor/1</seealso>.</p>
- <p>The <c>MonitorRef</c> can also be used in subsequent calls
+ <p>The <c><anno>MonitorRef</anno></c> can also be used in subsequent calls
to <seealso marker="#demonitor/1">demonitor/1</seealso> to
remove a monitor.</p>
<p>The function accepts the following parameters:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><em>Tag</em></tag>
+ <tag><em><anno>Tag</anno></em></tag>
<item>
<p>The monitor tag is always <c>driver</c> as this function
can only be used to create driver monitors. In the future,
driver monitors will be integrated with process monitors,
why this parameter has to be given for consistence.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>Item</em></tag>
+ <tag><em><anno>Item</anno></em></tag>
<item>
- <p>The <c>Item</c> parameter specifies which driver one
+ <p>The <c><anno>Item</anno></c> parameter specifies which driver one
wants to monitor (the name of the driver) as well as
which state change one wants to monitor. The parameter
is a tuple of arity two whose first element is the
@@ -588,22 +573,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>try_load(Path, Name, OptionList) -> {ok,Status} | {ok, PendingStatus, Ref} | {error, ErrorDesc}</name>
+ <name name="try_load" arity="3"/>
<fsummary>Load a driver</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Path = Name = string() | atom()</v>
- <v>OptionList = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = {driver_options, DriverOptionList} | {monitor, MonitorOption} | {reload, ReloadOption}</v>
- <v>DriverOptionList = [ DriverOption ]</v>
- <v>DriverOption = kill_ports</v>
- <v>MonitorOption = pending_driver | pending</v>
- <v>ReloadOption = pending_driver | pending</v>
- <v>Status = loaded | already_loaded | PendingStatus </v>
- <v>PendingStatus = pending_driver | pending_process</v>
- <v>Ref = reference()</v>
- <v>ErrorDesc = ErrorAtom | OpaqueError</v>
- <v>ErrorAtom = linked_in_driver | inconsistent | permanent | not_loaded_by_this_process | not_loaded | pending_reload | pending_process</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This function provides more control than the
<c>load/2</c>/<c>reload/2</c> and
@@ -655,65 +626,65 @@
<p>When the function returns <c>{ok, pending_driver}</c> or
<c>{ok, pending_process}</c>, one might want to get information
about when the driver is <em>actually</em> loaded. This can
- be achieved by using the <c>{monitor, PendingOption}</c> option.</p>
+ be achieved by using the <c>{monitor, <anno>MonitorOption</anno>}</c> option.</p>
<p>When monitoring is requested, and a corresponding <c>{ok, pending_driver}</c> or <c>{ok, pending_process}</c> would be
- returned, the function will instead return a tuple <c>{ok, PendingStatus, reference()}</c> and the process will, at a later
+ returned, the function will instead return a tuple <c>{ok, <anno>PendingStatus</anno>, reference()}</c> and the process will, at a later
time when the driver actually gets loaded, get a monitor
message. The monitor message one can expect is described in
the <seealso marker="#monitor/2">monitor/2</seealso>
function description. </p>
<note>
<p>Note that in case of loading, monitoring can
- <em>not</em> only get triggered by using the <c>{reload, ReloadOption}</c> option, but also in special cases where
+ <em>not</em> only get triggered by using the <c>{reload, <anno>ReloadOption</anno>}</c> option, but also in special cases where
the load-error is transient, why <c>{monitor, pending_driver}</c> should be used under basically
<em>all</em> real world circumstances!</p>
</note>
<p>The function accepts the following parameters:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><em>Path</em></tag>
+ <tag><em><anno>Path</anno></em></tag>
<item>
<p>The filesystem path to the directory where the driver
object file is situated. The filename of the object file
(minus extension) must correspond to the driver name
(used in the name parameter) and the driver must
identify itself with the very same name. The
- <c>Path</c> might be provided as an <em>io_list</em>,
- meaning it can be a list of other io_lists, characters
+ <c><anno>Path</anno></c> might be provided as an <em>iolist()</em>,
+ meaning it can be a list of other <c>iolist()</c>s, characters
(eight bit integers) or binaries, all to be flattened
into a sequence of characters.</p>
- <p>The (possibly flattened) <c>Path</c> parameter must be
+ <p>The (possibly flattened) <c><anno>Path</anno></c> parameter must be
consistent throughout the system, a driver should, by
all <seealso marker="#users">users</seealso>, be loaded
- using the same <em>literal</em><c>Path</c>. The
+ using the same <em>literal</em><c><anno>Path</anno></c>. The
exception is when <em>reloading</em> is requested, in
- which case the <c>Path</c> may be specified
+ which case the <c><anno>Path</anno></c> may be specified
differently. Note that all <seealso marker="#users">users</seealso> trying to load the
- driver at a later time will need to use the <em>new</em><c>Path</c> if the <c>Path</c> is changed using a
+ driver at a later time will need to use the <em>new</em><c><anno>Path</anno></c> if the <c><anno>Path</anno></c> is changed using a
<c>reload</c> option. This is yet another reason
to have <em>only one loader</em> of a driver one wants to
upgrade in a running system! </p>
</item>
- <tag><em>Name</em></tag>
+ <tag><em><anno>Name</anno></em></tag>
<item>
<p>The name parameter is the name of the driver to be used
in subsequent calls to <seealso marker="erts:erlang#open_port/2">open_port</seealso>. The
- name can be specified either as an <c>io_list()</c> or
+ name can be specified either as an <c>iolist()</c> or
as an <c>atom()</c>. The name given when loading is used
to find the actual object file (with the
- help of the <c>Path</c> and the system implied
+ help of the <c><anno>Path</anno></c> and the system implied
extension suffix, i.e. <c>.so</c>). The name by which
the driver identifies itself must also be consistent
- with this <c>Name</c> parameter, much as a beam-file's
+ with this <c><anno>Name</anno></c> parameter, much as a beam-file's
module name much correspond to its filename.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>OptionList</em></tag>
+ <tag><em><anno>OptionList</anno></em></tag>
<item>
<p>A number of options can be specified to control the
loading operation. The options are given as a list of
two-tuples, the tuples having the following values and
meanings:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><em>{driver_options, DriverOptionsList}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{driver_options, <anno>DriverOptionList</anno>}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This option is to provide options that will change
its general behavior and will "stick" to the driver
@@ -729,14 +700,14 @@
when the last <seealso marker="#users">user</seealso> calls <seealso marker="#try_unload/2">try_unload/2</seealso>, or
the last process having loaded the driver exits.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{monitor, MonitorOption}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{monitor, <anno>MonitorOption</anno>}</em></tag>
<item>
- <p>A <c>MonitorOption</c> tells <c>try_load/3</c> to
+ <p>A <c><anno>MonitorOption</anno></c> tells <c>try_load/3</c> to
trigger a driver monitor under certain
conditions. When the monitor is triggered, the
- function will return a three-tuple <c>{ok, PendingStatus, reference()}</c>, where the <c>reference()</c> is
+ function will return a three-tuple <c>{ok, <anno>PendingStatus</anno>, reference()}</c>, where the <c>reference()</c> is
the monitor ref for the driver monitor.</p>
- <p>Only one <c>MonitorOption</c> can be specified and
+ <p>Only one <c><anno>MonitorOption</anno></c> can be specified and
it is either the atom <c>pending</c>, which means
that a monitor should be created whenever a load
operation is delayed, and the atom
@@ -747,7 +718,7 @@
is present for completeness, it is very well defined
which reload-options might give rise to which
delays. It might, however, be a good idea to use the
- same <c>MonitorOption</c> as the <c>ReloadOption</c>
+ same <c><anno>MonitorOption</anno></c> as the <c><anno>ReloadOption</anno></c>
if present.</p>
<p>If reloading is not requested, it might still be
useful to specify the <c>monitor</c> option, as
@@ -760,12 +731,12 @@
<c>{monitor, pending_driver}</c> in production
code (see the monitor discussion above). </p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{reload,RealoadOption}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{reload,<anno>ReloadOption</anno>}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This option is used when one wants to
<em>reload</em> a driver from disk, most often in a
code upgrade scenario. Having a <c>reload</c> option
- also implies that the <c>Path</c> parameter need
+ also implies that the <c><anno>Path</anno></c> parameter need
<em>not</em> be consistent with earlier loads of
the driver.</p>
<p>To reload a driver, the process needs to have previously
@@ -814,9 +785,9 @@
<tag><em>{error,inconsistent}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>The driver has already been loaded with either other
- <c>DriverOptions</c> or a different <em>literal</em><c>Path</c> argument.</p>
+ <c><anno>DriverOptionList</anno></c> or a different <em>literal</em><c>Path</c> argument.</p>
<p>This can happen even if a <c>reload</c> option is given,
- if the <c>DriverOptions</c> differ from the current.</p>
+ if the <c>DriverOptionList</c> differ from the current.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>{error, permanent}</em></tag>
<item>
@@ -830,19 +801,19 @@
</item>
<tag><em>{error, pending_reload}</em></tag>
<item>
- <p>Driver reload is already requested by another <seealso marker="#users">user</seealso> when the <c>{reload, ReloadOption}</c> option was given.</p>
+ <p>Driver reload is already requested by another <seealso marker="#users">user</seealso> when the <c>{reload, <anno>ReloadOption</anno>}</c> option was given.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>{error, not_loaded_by_this_process}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>Appears when the <c>reload</c> option is given. The
- driver <c>Name</c> is present in the system, but there is no
+ driver <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is present in the system, but there is no
<seealso marker="#users">user</seealso> of it in this
process.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>{error, not_loaded}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>Appears when the <c>reload</c> option is given. The
- driver <c>Name</c> is not in the system. Only drivers
+ driver <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is not in the system. Only drivers
loaded by this process can be reloaded.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
@@ -856,18 +827,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>try_unload(Name, OptionList) -> {ok,Status} | {ok, PendingStatus, Ref} | {error, ErrorAtom}</name>
+ <name name="try_unload" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Unload a driver</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Name = string() | atom()</v>
- <v>OptionList = [ Option ]</v>
- <v>Option = {monitor, MonitorOption} | kill_ports</v>
- <v>MonitorOption = pending_driver | pending</v>
- <v>Status = unloaded | PendingStatus </v>
- <v>PendingStatus = pending_driver | pending_process</v>
- <v>Ref = reference()</v>
- <v>ErrorAtom = linked_in_driver | not_loaded | not_loaded_by_this_process | permanent</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>This is the low level function to unload (or decrement
reference counts of) a driver. It can be used to force port
@@ -948,15 +909,15 @@
</taglist>
<p>The function accepts the following parameters:</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><em>Name</em></tag>
+ <tag><em><anno>Name</anno></em></tag>
<item>
<p>The name parameter is the name of the driver to be
unloaded. The name can be specified either as an
- <c>io_list()</c> or as an <c>atom()</c>. </p>
+ <c>iolist()</c> or as an <c>atom()</c>. </p>
</item>
- <tag><em>OptionList</em></tag>
+ <tag><em><anno>OptionList</anno></em></tag>
<item>
- <p>The <c>OptionList</c> argument can be used to specify
+ <p>The <c><anno>OptionList</anno></c> argument can be used to specify
certain behavior regarding ports as well as triggering
monitors under certain conditions:</p>
<taglist>
@@ -972,10 +933,10 @@
unloads, one should use the driver option
<c>kill_ports</c> when loading the driver instead.</p>
</item>
- <tag><em>{monitor, MonitorOption}</em></tag>
+ <tag><em>{monitor, <anno>MonitorOption</anno>}</em></tag>
<item>
<p>This option creates a driver monitor if the condition
- given in <c>MonitorOptions</c> is true. The valid
+ given in <c><anno>MonitorOption</anno></c> is true. The valid
options are:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><em>pending_driver</em></tag>
@@ -989,7 +950,7 @@
<c>{ok, pending_driver}</c> or <c>{ok, pending_process}</c>.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
- <p>The <c>pending_driver</c> <c>MonitorOption</c> is by far
+ <p>The <c>pending_driver</c> <c><anno>MonitorOption</anno></c> is by far
the most useful and it has to be used to ensure that the
driver has really been unloaded and the ports closed
whenever the <c>kill_ports</c> option is used or the
@@ -1016,11 +977,11 @@
</item>
<tag><em>{error, not_loaded}</em></tag>
<item>
- <p>The driver <c>Name</c> is not present in the system.</p>
+ <p>The driver <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is not present in the system.</p>
</item>
<tag><em>{error, not_loaded_by_this_process}</em></tag>
<item>
- <p>The driver <c>Name</c> is present in the system, but
+ <p>The driver <c><anno>Name</anno></c> is present in the system, but
there is no <seealso marker="#users">user</seealso> of
it in this process. </p>
<p>As a special case, drivers can be unloaded from
@@ -1088,12 +1049,8 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>loaded_drivers() -> {ok, Drivers}</name>
+ <name name="loaded_drivers" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>List loaded drivers</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Drivers = [Driver]</v>
- <v>Driver = string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all the available drivers, both
(statically) linked-in and dynamically loaded ones.</p>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml
index ec3274965a..cd86b364f6 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/error_logger.xml
@@ -127,11 +127,8 @@ ok</pre>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>warning_map() -> Tag</name>
+ <name name="warning_map" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return the current mapping for warning events</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Tag = error | warning | info</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the current mapping for warning events. Events sent
using <c>warning_msg/1,2</c> or <c>warning_report/1,2</c>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
index 772eff13cc..b2a259080d 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/file.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>file_info(Filename) -> {ok, FileInfo} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name name="file_info" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Get information about a file (deprecated)</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>This function is obsolete. Use <c>read_file_info/1,2</c>
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>native_name_encoding() -> latin1 | utf8</name>
+ <name name="native_name_encoding" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return the VM's configured filename encoding.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>This function returns the configured default file name encoding to use for raw file names. Generally an application supplying file names raw (as binaries), should obey the character encoding returned by this function.</p>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
index e327a4f907..7ea58fffff 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_sctp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2007</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2007</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml
index 726dc30546..4850278a64 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/gen_udp.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml
index 304a9b1d88..9c50049503 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/global.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
<fsummary>Globally register a name for a pid</fsummary>
<type name="method"/>
<type_desc name="method">{<c>Module</c>, <c>Function</c>}
- is also allowed
+ is currently also allowed for backward compatibility, but its use is
+ deprecated
</type_desc>
<desc>
<p>Globally associates the name <c><anno>Name</anno></c> with a pid, that is,
@@ -180,6 +181,15 @@
unregistered. This function is called once for each name
clash.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>If you plan to change code without restarting your system,
+ you must use an external fun (<c>fun Module:Function/Arity</c>)
+ as the <c><anno>Resolve</anno></c> function; if you use a
+ local fun you can never replace the code for the module that
+ the fun belongs to.
+ </p>
+ </warning>
+
<p>There are three pre-defined resolve functions:
<c>random_exit_name/3</c>, <c>random_notify_name/3</c>, and
<c>notify_all_name/3</c>. If no <c><anno>Resolve</anno></c> function is
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
index 096ddfd847..32b4a429dd 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml
@@ -446,16 +446,6 @@ fe80::204:acff:fe17:bf38
faster than the receiver can read.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c>{bit8, clear | set | on | off}</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>
- Scans every byte in received data-packets and checks if the 8 bit
- is set in any of them. Information is retrieved with
- <c>inet:getopts/2</c>.
- <note>Deprecated! Will be removed in Erlang/OTP R16.</note>
- </p>
- </item>
-
<tag><c>{broadcast, Boolean}</c>(UDP sockets)</tag>
<item>
<p>Enable/disable permission to send broadcasts.</p>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
index 94624bf512..8e911a406b 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -30,6 +30,97 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p>
+<section><title>Kernel 2.15.2</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixed issue where using controlling_process/2 with self()
+ as the second argument caused the port to leak if self()
+ crashes. (Thanks to Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10094</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ When sending large files using the file:sendfile fallback
+ file:sendfile would crash. This is now fixed.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10098</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix rpc:call/5 for local calls with a finite Timeout
+ (Thanks to Tomer Chachamu)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10149</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ fix escript/primary archive reloading</p>
+ <p>
+ If the mtime of an escript/primary archive file changes
+ after being added to the code path, correctly reload the
+ archive and update the cache. (Thanks to Tuncer Ayaz)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10151</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Support added for home directories named with non-ASCII
+ characters (codepoints above 127) on a system running in
+ Unicode file mode (e.g. on MacOSX or Linux with startup
+ arguments +fnu or +fna with the right LOCALE). Also
+ environment variables with Unicode content are supported
+ in applicable environments.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10160</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Allow mixed IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to sctp_bindx</p>
+ <p>
+ Also allow mixed address families to bind, since the
+ first address on a multihomed sctp socket must be bound
+ with bind, while the rest are to be bound using
+ sctp_bindx. At least Linux supports adding address of
+ mixing families. Make inet_set_faddress function
+ available also when HAVE_SCTP is not defined, since we
+ use it to find an address for bind to be able to mix ipv4
+ and ipv6 addresses. Thanks to Tomas Abrahamsson</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10217</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>Document inet options: high_watermark, priority,
+ linger and a some other options that previously was
+ undocumented.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10053</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Remove bit8 option support from inet</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10056</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p> The type of the disk log header has been corrected.
+ (Thanks to Niclas Eklund.) </p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-10131</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Kernel 2.15.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml
index e94119845a..5e182de41d 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/os.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -73,65 +73,65 @@ DirOut = os:cmd("dir"), % on Win32 platform</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getenv() -> [string()]</name>
+ <name name="getenv" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>List all environment variables</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns a list of all environment variables.
Each environment variable is given as a single string on
the format <c>"VarName=Value"</c>, where <c>VarName</c> is
the name of the variable and <c>Value</c> its value.</p>
+ <p>If Unicode file name encoding is in effect (see the <seealso
+ marker="erts:erl#file_name_encoding">erl manual
+ page</seealso>), the strings may contain characters with
+ codepoints > 255.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getenv(VarName) -> Value | false</name>
+ <name name="getenv" arity="1"/>
<fsummary>Get the value of an environment variable</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>VarName = string() </v>
- <v>Value = string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Returns the <c>Value</c> of the environment variable
- <c>VarName</c>, or <c>false</c> if the environment variable
+ <p>Returns the <c><anno>Value</anno></c> of the environment variable
+ <c><anno>VarName</anno></c>, or <c>false</c> if the environment variable
is undefined.</p>
+ <p>If Unicode file name encoding is in effect (see the <seealso
+ marker="erts:erl#file_name_encoding">erl manual
+ page</seealso>), the strings (both <c><anno>VarName</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Value</anno></c>) may contain characters with codepoints > 255.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>getpid() -> Value </name>
+ <name name="getpid" arity="0"/>
<fsummary>Return the process identifier of the emulator process</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Value = string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the process identifier of the current Erlang emulator
in the format most commonly used by the operating system
- environment. <c>Value</c> is returned as a string containing
+ environment. <c><anno>Value</anno></c> is returned as a string containing
the (usually) numerical identifier for a process. On Unix,
this is typically the return value of the <c>getpid()</c>
- system call. On VxWorks, <c>Value</c> contains the task id
- (decimal notation) of the Erlang task. On Windows,
+ system call. On Windows,
the process id as returned by the <c>GetCurrentProcessId()</c>
system call is used.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>putenv(VarName, Value) -> true</name>
+ <name name="putenv" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Set a new value for an environment variable</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>VarName = string() </v>
- <v>Value = string()</v>
- </type>
<desc>
- <p>Sets a new <c>Value</c> for the environment variable
- <c>VarName</c>.</p>
+ <p>Sets a new <c><anno>Value</anno></c> for the environment variable
+ <c><anno>VarName</anno></c>.</p>
+ <p>If Unicode filename encoding is in effect (see the <seealso
+ marker="erts:erl#file_name_encoding">erl manual
+ page</seealso>), the strings (both <c><anno>VarName</anno></c> and
+ <c><anno>Value</anno></c>) may contain characters with codepoints > 255.</p>
+ <p>On Unix platforms, the environment will be set using UTF-8 encoding
+ if Unicode file name translation is in effect. On Windows the
+ environment is set using wide character interfaces.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>timestamp() -> Timestamp</name>
+ <name name="timestamp" arity="0"/>
+ <type_desc variable="Timestamp">Timestamp = {MegaSecs, Secs, MicroSecs}</type_desc>
<fsummary>Returna a timestamp from the OS in the erlang:now/0 format</fsummary>
- <type>
- <v>Timestamp = {MegaSecs, Secs, MicroSecs} = <seealso marker="erts:erlang#type-timestamp">erlang:timestamp()</seealso></v>
- <v>MegaSecs = Secs = MicroSecs = integer() >= 0</v>
- </type>
<desc>
<p>Returns a tuple in the same format as <seealso marker="erts:erlang#now/0">erlang:now/0</seealso>. The difference is that this function returns what the operating system thinks (a.k.a. the wall clock time) without any attempts at time correction. The result of two different calls to this function is <em>not</em> guaranteed to be different.</p>
<p>The most obvious use for this function is logging. The tuple can be used together with the function <seealso marker="stdlib:calendar#now_to_universal_time/1">calendar:now_to_universal_time/1</seealso>
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ format_utc_timestamp() ->
Solaris 1 and 2, it will be <c>sunos</c>.</p>
<p>In Windows, <c><anno>Osname</anno></c> will be either <c>nt</c> (on
Windows NT), or <c>windows</c> (on Windows 95).</p>
- <p>On VxWorks the OS family alone is returned, that is
- <c>vxworks</c>.</p>
<note>
<p>Think twice before using this function. Use the
<c>filename</c> module if you want to inspect or build
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/packages.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/packages.xml
index 80de2e05fc..8a82b91a90 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/packages.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/packages.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2004</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>2004</year><year>2012</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -204,11 +204,5 @@ ok
Explicitly
declaring each use of a module makes for safe code.</p>
</description>
- <funcs>
- <func>
- <name>no functions exported</name>
- <fsummary>x</fsummary>
- </func>
- </funcs>
</erlref>
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