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-rw-r--r--lib/mnesia/doc/src/Makefile88
-rw-r--r--lib/mnesia/doc/src/make.dep46
-rw-r--r--lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml15
-rw-r--r--lib/mnesia/doc/src/notes.xml56
4 files changed, 71 insertions, 134 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Makefile
index f45b5137a3..1ac5760510 100644
--- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Makefile
+++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
#
# %CopyrightBegin%
#
-# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2009. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright Ericsson AB 1997-2011. 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
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ VSN=$(MNESIA_VSN)
APPLICATION=mnesia
# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Include dependency
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-ifndef DOCSUPPORT
-include make.dep
-endif
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
# Release directory specification
# ----------------------------------------------------
RELSYSDIR = $(RELEASE_PATH)/lib/$(APPLICATION)-$(VSN)
@@ -105,31 +97,10 @@ EXTRA_FILES = summary.html.src \
MAN3_FILES = $(XML_REF3_FILES:%.xml=$(MAN3DIR)/%.3)
-ifdef DOCSUPPORT
-
HTML_REF_MAN_FILE = $(HTMLDIR)/index.html
TOP_PDF_FILE = $(PDFDIR)/$(APPLICATION)-$(VSN).pdf
-else
-TEX_FILES_BOOK = \
- $(BOOK_FILES:%.xml=%.tex)
-TEX_FILES_REF_MAN = $(XML_REF3_FILES:%.xml=%.tex) \
- $(XML_APPLICATION_FILES:%.xml=%.tex)
-TEX_FILES_USERS_GUIDE = \
- $(XML_CHAPTER_FILES:%.xml=%.tex)
-
-TOP_PDF_FILE = $(APPLICATION)-$(VSN).pdf
-TOP_PS_FILE = $(APPLICATION)-$(VSN).ps
-
-$(TOP_PDF_FILE): book.dvi ../../vsn.mk
- $(DVI2PS) $(DVIPS_FLAGS) -f $< | $(DISTILL) $(DISTILL_FLAGS) > $@
-
-$(TOP_PS_FILE): book.dvi ../../vsn.mk
- $(DVI2PS) $(DVIPS_FLAGS) -f $< > $@
-
-endif
-
# ----------------------------------------------------
# FLAGS
# ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -142,8 +113,6 @@ DVIPS_FLAGS +=
$(HTMLDIR)/%.gif: %.gif
$(INSTALL_DATA) $< $@
-ifdef DOCSUPPORT
-
docs: pdf html man
$(TOP_PDF_FILE): $(XML_FILES)
@@ -158,33 +127,6 @@ clean clean_docs:
rm -f $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(TOP_PDF_FILE:%.pdf=%.fo)
rm -f errs core *~
-else
-
-ifeq ($(DOCTYPE),pdf)
-docs: pdf
-else
-ifeq ($(DOCTYPE),ps)
-docs: ps
-else
-docs: html gifs man
-endif
-endif
-
-pdf: $(TOP_PDF_FILE)
-
-ps: $(TOP_PS_FILE)
-
-html: $(HTML_FILES)
-
-
-clean clean_docs clean_tex:
- rm -f $(TEX_FILES_USERS_GUIDE) $(TEX_FILES_REF_MAN) $(TEX_FILES_BOOK)
- rm -f $(HTML_FILES) $(MAN3_FILES)
- rm -f $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(TOP_PS_FILE)
- rm -f errs core *~ *xmls_output *xmls_errs $(LATEX_CLEAN)
-
-endif
-
man: $(MAN3_FILES)
gifs: $(GIF_FILES:%=$(HTMLDIR)/%)
@@ -199,8 +141,6 @@ debug opt:
# ----------------------------------------------------
include $(ERL_TOP)/make/otp_release_targets.mk
-ifdef DOCSUPPORT
-
release_docs_spec: docs
$(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/pdf
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/pdf
@@ -211,30 +151,4 @@ release_docs_spec: docs
$(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3
$(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAN3_FILES) $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3
-else
-
-ifeq ($(DOCTYPE),pdf)
-release_docs_spec: pdf
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELEASE_PATH)/pdf
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_PDF_FILE) $(RELEASE_PATH)/pdf
-else
-ifeq ($(DOCTYPE),ps)
-release_docs_spec: ps
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELEASE_PATH)/ps
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_PS_FILE) $(RELEASE_PATH)/ps
-else
-release_docs_spec: docs
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(GIF_FILES) $(EXTRA_FILES) $(HTML_FILES) \
- $(RELSYSDIR)/doc/html
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(INFO_FILE) $(RELSYSDIR)
- $(INSTALL_DIR) $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3
- $(INSTALL_DATA) $(MAN3_FILES) $(RELEASE_PATH)/man/man3
-endif
-endif
-
-endif
-
-
release_spec:
-
diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/make.dep b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/make.dep
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e79484cb3..0000000000
--- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/make.dep
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# >>>> Do not edit this file <<<<
-# This file was automaticly generated by
-# /home/otp/bin/docdepend
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# TeX files that the DVI file depend on
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.dvi: Mnesia_App_A.tex Mnesia_App_B.tex Mnesia_App_C.tex \
- Mnesia_App_D.tex Mnesia_chap1.tex Mnesia_chap2.tex \
- Mnesia_chap3.tex Mnesia_chap4.tex Mnesia_chap5.tex \
- Mnesia_chap7.tex Mnesia_chap8.tex book.tex \
- mnesia.tex mnesia_frag_hash.tex mnesia_registry.tex \
- part.tex ref_man.tex
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Source inlined when transforming from source to LaTeX
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-Mnesia_App_B.tex: ../../src/mnesia_backup.erl
-
-Mnesia_App_C.tex: ../../src/mnesia_frag.erl
-
-Mnesia_App_D.tex: ../../src/mnesia_frag_hash.erl
-
-Mnesia_chap2.tex: company.erl company.hrl
-
-Mnesia_chap3.tex: company.erl
-
-Mnesia_chap4.tex: company.erl
-
-Mnesia_chap5.tex: FRUITS company.erl company_o.erl company_o.hrl
-
-Mnesia_chap7.tex: bup.erl
-
-book.tex: ref_man.xml
-
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-# Pictures that the DVI file depend on
-# ----------------------------------------------------
-
-book.dvi: company.ps
-
diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml
index 19ec70118f..20133cb6cb 100644
--- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml
+++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml
@@ -813,6 +813,21 @@ mnesia:change_table_copy_type(person, node(), disc_copies)
</p>
</item>
<item>
+ <p><c>{storage_properties, [{Backend, Properties}]</c>.
+ Forwards additional properties to the backend storage.
+ <c>Backend</c> can currently be <c>ets</c> or <c>dets</c> and
+ <c>Properties</c> is a list of options sent to the backend storage
+ during table creation. <c>Properties</c> may not contain properties
+ already used by mnesia such as <c>type</c> or <c>named_table</c>.
+ </p>
+ <p>For example:</p>
+ <code type="none">
+mnesia:create_table(table, [{ram_copies, [node()]}, {disc_only_copies, nodes()},
+ {storage_properties,
+ [{ets, [compressed]}, {dets, [{auto_save, 5000}]} ]}])
+ </code>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p><c>{type, Type}</c>, where <c>Type</c> must be
either of the atoms <c>set</c>, <c>ordered_set</c> or
<c>bag</c>. The default value is <c>set</c>. In a
diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/notes.xml
index 1bb80f8fe3..a300fcc12d 100644
--- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,61 @@
thus constitutes one section in this document. The title of each
section is the version number of Mnesia.</p>
- <section><title>Mnesia 4.5.1</title>
+ <section><title>Mnesia 4.6</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Reduce calls to phash in key_to_frag_number</p>
+ <p>
+ Original code calls phash 1..2 times, based on which
+ fragment the hashed key targets and how many fragments
+ exist. New code always calls phash only once.</p>
+ <p>
+ Add mnesia_frag_hash test (Thanks to Philip Robinson)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9722</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fixed a sticky lock bug which caused mnesia:read(Tab,
+ Key, write) return undefined.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9786</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Use the synchronous log_terms instead of alog_terms in
+ mnesia_log:ets2dcd()</p>
+ <p>
+ This avoids the situation where mnesia could dump a very
+ large ets table in its entirety into the message queue of
+ the disk_log process, causing memory blowup and choking
+ the disk logger. (Thanks to Richard Carlsson)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-9804</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Implemented a new option to mnesia:create_table/2 which
+ allows the user to assign 'ets' and 'dets' options not
+ available in mnesia.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-8970</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Mnesia 4.5.1</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
<list>