From c8a7d2d7d1762378e49d3890a8dccde0110bed6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?=
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:25:21 +0100
Subject: erl_prim_loader doc: Remove description of custom loaders
Custom loaders have not been supported for several releases.
Remove the documentation for custom loaders.
---
erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml | 35 ++++-------------------------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml
index d05f0d9aea..db4f132609 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl_prim_loader.xml
@@ -36,17 +36,11 @@
the system. The start script is also fetched with this low level
loader.
erl_prim_loader knows about the environment and how to
- fetch modules. The loader could, for example, fetch files using
- the file system (with absolute file names as input), or a
- database (where the binary format of a module is stored).
+ fetch modules.
The -loader Loader command line flag can be used to
choose the method used by the erl_prim_loader. Two
Loader methods are supported by the Erlang runtime system:
- efile and inet. If another loader is required, then
- it has to be implemented by the user. The Loader provided
- by the user must fulfill the protocol defined below, and it is
- started with the erl_prim_loader by evaluating
- open_port({spawn,Loader},[binary]).
+ efile and inet.
The support for loading of code from archive files is
experimental. The sole purpose of releasing it before it is ready
@@ -83,9 +77,6 @@
started on each of hosts given in Hosts in order to
answer the requests. See erl_boot_server(3).
- If -loader is something else, the given port program
- is started. The port program is supposed to follow
- the protocol specified below.
@@ -174,22 +165,6 @@
-
- Protocol
- The following protocol must be followed if a user provided
- loader port program is used. The Loader port program is
- started with the command
- open_port({spawn,Loader},[binary]). The protocol is as
- follows:
-
-Function Send Receive
--------------------------------------------------------------
-get_file [102 | FileName] [121 | BinaryFile] (on success)
- [122] (failure)
-
-stop eof terminate
-
-
Command Line Flags
The erl_prim_loader module interprets the following
@@ -199,10 +174,8 @@ stop eof terminate
-
Specifies the name of the loader used by
erl_prim_loader. Loader can be efile
- (use the local file system), or inet (load using
- the boot_server on another Erlang node). If
- Loader is user defined, the defined Loader port
- program is started.
+ (use the local file system) or inet (load using
+ the boot_server on another Erlang node).
If the -loader flag is omitted, it defaults to
efile.
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