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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml | 33 |
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml index 59a046bf4d..5b5b71e521 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml @@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ the <c>heart</c> port program is to check that the Erlang runtime system it is supervising is still running. If the port program has not received any heartbeats within <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> seconds - (defaults to 60 seconds), the system can be rebooted. Also, if - the system is equipped with a hardware watchdog timer and is - running Solaris, the watchdog can be used to supervise the entire - system.</p> + (defaults to 60 seconds), the system can be rebooted.</p> <p>An Erlang runtime system to be monitored by a heart program is to be started with command-line flag <c>-heart</c> (see also <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erl(1)</c></seealso>). @@ -51,17 +48,13 @@ or a terminated Erlang runtime system, environment variable <c>HEART_COMMAND</c> must be set before the system is started. If this variable is not set, a warning text is printed but - the system does not reboot. However, if the hardware watchdog is - used, it still triggers a reboot <c>HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY</c> - seconds later (defaults to 60 seconds).</p> + the system does not reboot.</p> <p>To reboot on Windows, <c>HEART_COMMAND</c> can be set to <c>heart -shutdown</c> (included in the Erlang delivery) or to any other suitable program that can activate a reboot.</p> - <p>The hardware watchdog is not started under Solaris if - environment variable <c>HW_WD_DISABLE</c> is set.</p> - <p>The environment variables <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> and - <c>HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY</c> can be used to configure the heart - time-outs; they can be set in the operating system shell before Erlang + <p>The environment variable <c>HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT</c> + can be used to configure the heart + time-outs; it can be set in the operating system shell before Erlang is started or be specified at the command line:</p> <pre> % <input>erl -heart -env HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT 30 ...</input></pre> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 5bcc0b7c09..9277c2d353 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,39 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 5.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + <c>code:add_pathsa/1</c> and command line option + <c>-pa</c> both revert the given list of directories when + adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now + documented.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13920 Aux Id: ERL-267 </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Add lost runtime dependency to erts-8.1. This should have + been done in kernel-5.1 (OTP-19.1) as it cannot run + without at least erts-8.1 (OTP-19.1).</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14003</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Type and doc for gen_{tcp,udp,sctp}:controlling_process/2 + has been improved.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-14022 Aux Id: PR-1208 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 5.1</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |