From 3097a53cc6bc3728f72c3873713f42d9c591ba0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Carlsson Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:40:30 +0100 Subject: Minor documentation cleanup --- lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src') diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml index 0b6ee1e6a5..3c9bc7f6e8 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ halt logs

Appends items to a single file, which size can - be limited by the disk log module.

 + be limited by the disk_log module.

wrap logs

Uses a sequence of wrap log files of limited size. As a wrap log file is filled up, further items are logged on to the next @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ An item logged to an internally formatted log must not occupy more than 4 GB of disk space (the size must fit in 4 bytes).

 external format -

Leaves it up to the user to read the logged deep byte lists. - The disk log module cannot repair externally formatted logs.

 +

Leaves it up to the user to read and interpret the logged data. + The disk_log module cannot repair externally formatted logs.

For each open disk log, one process handles requests -- cgit v1.2.3 From 5b9265ad19d6596a8b599eccc64accb67e3c664e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Magnus Henoch Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:48:54 +0000 Subject: Remove vestiges of watchdog support in heart Hardware watchdog support was removed from heart in R13A, but there were still some vestiges in the code and the documentation. - Remove mentions of the HW_WD_DISABLE variable, as it's no longer used. - Remove the HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY variable, as it was only used for the hardware watchdog. --- lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml | 17 +++++------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src') 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 heart 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 HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT 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.

+ (defaults to 60 seconds), the system can be rebooted.

An Erlang runtime system to be monitored by a heart program is to be started with command-line flag -heart (see also erl(1)). @@ -51,17 +48,13 @@ or a terminated Erlang runtime system, environment variable HEART_COMMAND 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 HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY - seconds later (defaults to 60 seconds).

+ the system does not reboot.

To reboot on Windows, HEART_COMMAND can be set to heart -shutdown (included in the Erlang delivery) or to any other suitable program that can activate a reboot.

-

The hardware watchdog is not started under Solaris if - environment variable HW_WD_DISABLE is set.

-

The environment variables HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT and - HEART_BEAT_BOOT_DELAY can be used to configure the heart - time-outs; they can be set in the operating system shell before Erlang +

The environment variable HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT + 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:

 % erl -heart -env HEART_BEAT_TIMEOUT 30 ...
-- cgit v1.2.3 From 9bb7aee366b04f6e8b6ea8491c0d7ebbdb304bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Carlsson Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 18:49:39 +0100 Subject: Clarify that the type for disk log data is iodata() --- lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml | 13 +++---------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src') diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml index 3c9bc7f6e8..aebeacee28 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml @@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ These functions log one or more Erlang terms. By prefixing each of the functions with a b (for "binary"), we get the corresponding blog() functions for the external format. - These functions log one or more deep lists of bytes or, alternatively, - binaries of deep lists of bytes. + These functions log one or more chunks of bytes. For example, to log the string "hello" in ASCII format, you can use disk_log:blog(Log, "hello"), or disk_log:blog(Log, list_to_binary("hello")). The two @@ -218,9 +217,6 @@ - - - @@ -233,9 +229,6 @@ chunk/2,3, bchunk/2,3, or chunk_step/3.

- - - @@ -953,7 +946,7 @@ written first on the log file. If the log is a wrap log, the item Head is written first in each new file. Head is to be a term if the format is - internal, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + internal, otherwise a sequence of bytes. Defaults to none, which means that no header is written first on the file.

@@ -965,7 +958,7 @@ The call M:F(A) is assumed to return {ok, Head}. The item Head is written first in each file. Head is to be a term if the format is - internal, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + internal, otherwise a sequence of bytes.

{mode, Mode} -- cgit v1.2.3 From fc0427be6d482182ec70f3cd87c73027cfb17ea9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erlang/OTP Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 11:45:22 +0100 Subject: Prepare release --- lib/kernel/doc/src/notes.xml | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src') 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 @@

This document describes the changes made to the Kernel application.

+
Kernel 5.1.1 + +
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions + + +

+ code:add_pathsa/1 and command line option + -pa both revert the given list of directories when + adding it at the beginning of the code path. This is now + documented.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-13920 Aux Id: ERL-267

+ + +

+ 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).

+

+ Own Id: OTP-14003

+ + +

+ Type and doc for gen_{tcp,udp,sctp}:controlling_process/2 + has been improved.

+

+ Own Id: OTP-14022 Aux Id: PR-1208

+ + +
+ +
+
Kernel 5.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions -- cgit v1.2.3 From 68728bb7fb82331c1aa7aeee71a971de842eff0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:21:33 +0100 Subject: seq_trace: Remove superfluous reference to R3B MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reported-by: Loïc Hoguin --- lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src') diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml index ba7259219d..b80e87c118 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/seq_trace.xml @@ -427,12 +427,6 @@ prev_cnt := tcurr built with Erl_Interface only maintains one trace token, which means that the C-node appears as one process from the sequential tracing point of view.

-

To be able to perform sequential tracing between - distributed Erlang nodes, the distribution protocol has been - extended (in a backward compatible way). An Erlang node - supporting sequential tracing can communicate with an older - (Erlang/OTP R3B) node but messages passed within that node can - not be traced.

-- cgit v1.2.3 From 5056a16cfcfdcdcb1b48e24936f12a70269dcf02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 13:24:12 +0100 Subject: code.xml: Remove superfluous reference to R12B --- lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src') diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml index f881fd76fd..878a450f0f 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/code.xml @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ zip:create("mnesia-4.4.7.ez", both strings and atoms, but a future release will probably only allow the arguments that are documented.

-

As from Erlang/OTP R12B, functions in this module generally fail with an +

Functions in this module generally fail with an exception if they are passed an incorrect type (for example, an integer or a tuple where an atom is expected). An error tuple is returned if the argument type is correct, but there are some other errors (for example, a non-existing directory -- cgit v1.2.3 From b69086df7487e74879de6b6f027df6507ec4fc86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:13:49 +0100 Subject: config.xml: Remove superfluous reference to R10B --- lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src') diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml index c5f37fd036..c10f11b187 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ to update the application configurations.

This means that specifying another .config file, or more .config files, leads to inconsistent update of application - configurations. Therefore, in Erlang 5.4/OTP R10B, the syntax of - sys.config was extended to allow pointing out other + configurations. There is, however, a syntax for + sys.config that allows pointing out other .config files:

[{Application, [{Par, Val}]} | File]. -- cgit v1.2.3