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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml | 33 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml | 16 |
4 files changed, 54 insertions, 17 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/inet.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml index d907cef7d3..4c4a5c39cb 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/inet.xml @@ -987,11 +987,6 @@ setcap cap_sys_admin,cap_sys_ptrace,cap_dac_read_search+epi beam.smp</code> <p>Sets the line delimiting character for line-oriented protocols (<c>line</c>). Defaults to <c>$\n</c>.</p> </item> - <tag><c>{priority, Priority}</c></tag> - <item> - <p>Sets the protocol-defined priority for all packets to be sent - on this socket.</p> - </item> <tag><c>{raw, Protocol, OptionNum, ValueBin}</c></tag> <item> <p>See below.</p> 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> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml index 5944e9321a..adec2d9520 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/rpc.xml @@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ to retrieve the value of evaluating <c>apply(<anno>Module</anno>, <anno>Function</anno>, <anno>Args</anno>)</c> on node <c><anno>Node</anno></c>.</p> + <note> + <p><seealso marker="#yield/1"><c>yield/1</c></seealso> and + <seealso marker="#nb_yield/1"><c>nb_yield/1,2</c></seealso> + must be called by the same process from which this function + was made otherwise they will never yield correctly.</p> + </note> </desc> </func> @@ -299,6 +305,11 @@ the tuple <c>{value, <anno>Val</anno>}</c> when the computation is finished, or <c>timeout</c> when <c><anno>Timeout</anno></c> milliseconds has elapsed.</p> + <note> + <p>This function must be called by the same process from which + <seealso marker="#async_call/4"><c>async_call/4</c></seealso> + was made otherwise it will only return <c>timeout</c>.</p> + </note> </desc> </func> @@ -407,6 +418,11 @@ If the answer is available, it is returned immediately. Otherwise, the calling process is suspended until the answer arrives from <c>Node</c>.</p> + <note> + <p>This function must be called by the same process from which + <seealso marker="#async_call/4"><c>async_call/4</c></seealso> + was made otherwise it will never return.</p> + </note> </desc> </func> </funcs> |