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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml | 36 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml | 80 |
2 files changed, 81 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml index eb0f4b7a06..acc39145e2 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml @@ -101,30 +101,6 @@ </section> <section> - <title>Code Path Cache</title> - <p>The code server incorporates a code path cache. The cache - functionality is disabled by default. To activate it, start - the emulator with the command line flag <c>-code_path_cache</c> - or call <c>code:rehash()</c>. When the cache is created (or - updated), the code server searches for modules in the code path - directories. This may take some time if the the code path is long. - After the cache creation, the time for loading modules in a large - system (one with a large directory structure) is significantly - reduced compared to having the cache disabled. The code server - is able to look up the location of a module from the cache in - constant time instead of having to search through the code path - directories.</p> - <p>Application resource files (<c>.app</c> files) are also stored - in the code path cache. This feature is used by the application - controller (see - <seealso marker="application">application(3)</seealso>) to load - applications efficiently in large systems.</p> - <p>Note that when the code path cache is created (or updated), any - relative directory names in the code path are converted to - absolute.</p> - </section> - - <section> <title>Loading of Code From Archive Files</title> <warning><p>The support for loading of code from archive files is @@ -700,13 +676,6 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]), </desc> </func> <func> - <name name="rehash" arity="0"/> - <fsummary>Rehash or create code path cache</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>This function creates or rehashes the code path cache.</p> - </desc> - </func> - <func> <name name="where_is_file" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Full name of a file located in the code path</fsummary> <desc> @@ -714,10 +683,7 @@ rpc:call(Node, code, load_binary, [Module, Filename, Binary]), arbitrary type. If found, the full name is returned. <c>non_existing</c> is returned if the file cannot be found. The function can be useful, for example, to locate - application resource files. If the code path cache is used, - the code server will efficiently read the full name from - the cache, provided that <c><anno>Filename</anno></c> is an object code - file or an <c>.app</c> file.</p> + application resource files.</p> </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml index 1e909cb6f2..b625ddba5d 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -31,6 +31,70 @@ </header> <p>This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.</p> +<section><title>Kernel 4.1.1</title> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Host name lookups though inet_res, the Erlang DNS + resolver, are now done case insensitively according to + RFC 4343. Patch by Holger Weiß.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12836</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + IPv6 distribution handler has been updated to share code + with IPv4 so that all features are supported in IPv6 as + well. A bug when using an IPv4 address as hostname has + been fixed.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13040</p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Caching of host names in the internal DNS resolver + inet_res has been made character case insensitive for + host names according to RFC 4343.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13083</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>Cooked file mode buffering has been fixed so + file:position/2 now works according to Posix on Posix + systems i.e. when file:position/2 returns an error the + file pointer is unaffected.</p> <p>The Windows system + documentation, however, is unclear on this point so the + documentation of file:position/2 still does not promise + anything.</p> <p>Cooked file mode file:pread/2,3 and + file:pwrite/2,3 have been corrected to honor character + encoding like the combination of file:position/2 and + file:read/2 or file:write/2 already does. This is + probably not very useful since the character + representation on the caller's side is latin1, + period.</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-13155 Aux Id: PR#646 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + + + <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> + <list> + <item> + <p> + Add {line_delim, byte()} option to inet:setopts/2 and + decode_packet/3</p> + <p> + Own Id: OTP-12837</p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + +</section> + <section><title>Kernel 4.1</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> @@ -185,6 +249,22 @@ </section> +<section><title>Kernel 3.2.0.1</title> + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> + <list> + <item> + <p>The 'raw' socket option could not be used multiple times + in one call to any e.g gen_tcp function because only one + of the occurrences were used. This bug has been fixed, + and also a small bug concerning propagating error codes + from within inet:setopts/2.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-11482 Aux Id: seq12872 </p> + </item> + </list> + </section> + </section> + + <section><title>Kernel 3.2</title> <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> |