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man: document readahdea split-off
authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Tue, 5 Oct 2010 18:44:37 +0000 (20:44 +0200)
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
Tue, 5 Oct 2010 18:44:37 +0000 (20:44 +0200)
Makefile.am
man/sd-daemon.xml
man/sd-readahead.xml [new file with mode: 0644]
man/sd_readahead.xml

index 11abadffe333d453021011671f7c669799699839..c06f1ecb5603552cd636880a522ce74c10619c34 100644 (file)
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ MANPAGES = \
        man/systemd.exec.5 \
        man/daemon.7 \
        man/sd-daemon.7 \
        man/systemd.exec.5 \
        man/daemon.7 \
        man/sd-daemon.7 \
+       man/sd-readahead.7 \
        man/runlevel.8 \
        man/telinit.8 \
        man/halt.8 \
        man/runlevel.8 \
        man/telinit.8 \
        man/halt.8 \
index e3ac68eed313f62fc03815c55db2d3aeb0da60a1..cbfe28f84256affab8357010b82641afa4c42f89 100644 (file)
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.socket</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fprintf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>fprintf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-readahead</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>
 
                 </para>
         </refsect1>
 
diff --git a/man/sd-readahead.xml b/man/sd-readahead.xml
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..819691e
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+        "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sd-daemon">
+
+        <refentryinfo>
+                <title>sd-readahead</title>
+                <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+                <authorgroup>
+                        <author>
+                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
+                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+                        </author>
+                </authorgroup>
+        </refentryinfo>
+
+        <refmeta>
+                <refentrytitle>sd-readahead</refentrytitle>
+                <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+        </refmeta>
+
+        <refnamediv>
+                <refname>sd-readahead</refname>
+                <refpurpose>Reference implementation of APIs for
+                controlling boot-time read-ahead</refpurpose>
+        </refnamediv>
+
+        <refsynopsisdiv>
+                <funcsynopsis>
+                        <funcsynopsisinfo>#include "sd-readahead.h"</funcsynopsisinfo>
+                </funcsynopsis>
+        </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Description</title>
+
+                <para><filename>sd-readahead.c</filename> and
+                <filename>sd-readahead.h</filename> provide a
+                reference implementation for APIs for controlling boot-time
+                read-ahead, as implemented by the read-ahead subsystem
+                of the
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                init system.</para>
+
+                <para>See
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_readahead</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                for more information about the function
+                implemented.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Notes</title>
+
+                <para>This interface is provided by the reference
+                implementation of APIs for controlling boot-time
+                read-ahead and distributed with the systemd
+                package. The algorithms it implements are simple, and
+                can easily be reimplemented in daemons if it is
+                important to support this interface without using the
+                reference implementation. See the respective function
+                man pages for details.</para>
+
+                <para>In addition, for details about the algorithms
+                check the liberally licensed reference implementation
+                sources:
+                <ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-readahead.c"/>
+                resp. <ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-readahead.h"/></para>
+
+                <para>These APIs are implemented in the reference
+                implementation's drop-in
+                <filename>sd-readahead.c</filename> and
+                <filename>sd-readahead.h</filename> files. It is
+                recommended that applications consuming these APIs copy
+                the implementation into their source tree, either
+                verbatim or in excerpts. These interfaces are
+                currently not available in a dynamic library.</para>
+
+                <para>The functions provided by this interface become
+                NOPs when -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during
+                compilation. In addition, if
+                <filename>sd-readhead.c</filename> is compiled on
+                non-Linux systems it becomes NOPs.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>See Also</title>
+                <para>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_readahead</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
index 178f907afa95bde3b28d7a62953d7b4d94472a8f..ac54dc48ff875a9ef7a66054edaf31269ec8e185 100644 (file)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>sd_readahead</refname>
 
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>sd_readahead</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Control ongoing disk read-ahead operations</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Control ongoing disk boot-time read-ahead operations</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                 <title>Description</title>
                 <para><function>sd_readahead()</function> may be
                 called by programs involved with early boot-up to
                 <title>Description</title>
                 <para><function>sd_readahead()</function> may be
                 called by programs involved with early boot-up to
-                control ongoing disk read-ahead operations. It may be
+                control ongoing boot-time disk read-ahead operations. It may be
                 used to terminate read-ahead operations in case an
                 uncommon disk access pattern is to be expected and
                 hence read-ahead replay or collection is unlikely to
                 used to terminate read-ahead operations in case an
                 uncommon disk access pattern is to be expected and
                 hence read-ahead replay or collection is unlikely to
                 <title>Notes</title>
 
                 <para>This function is provided by the reference
                 <title>Notes</title>
 
                 <para>This function is provided by the reference
-                implementation of APIs for new-style daemons and
-                distributed with the systemd package. The algorithm
-                it implements is simple, and can easily be
-                reimplemented in daemons if it is important to support
-                this interface without using the reference
-                implementation.</para>
+                implementation of APIs for controlling boot-time
+                read-ahead and distributed with the systemd
+                package. The algorithm it implements is simple, and
+                can easily be reimplemented in daemons if it is
+                important to support this interface without using the
+                reference implementation.</para>
 
                 <para>Internally, this function creates a file in
                 <filename>/dev/.systemd/readahead/</filename> which is
 
                 <para>Internally, this function creates a file in
                 <filename>/dev/.systemd/readahead/</filename> which is
 
                 <para>For details about the algorithm check the
                 liberally licensed reference implementation sources:
 
                 <para>For details about the algorithm check the
                 liberally licensed reference implementation sources:
-                <ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-daemon.c"/>
+                <ulink url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-readahead.c"/>
                 resp. <ulink
                 resp. <ulink
-                url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-daemon.h"/></para>
+                url="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/tree/src/sd-readahead.h"/></para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_readahead()</function> is
                 implemented in the reference implementation's drop-in
 
                 <para><function>sd_readahead()</function> is
                 implemented in the reference implementation's drop-in
-                <filename>sd-daemon.c</filename> and
-                <filename>sd-daemon.h</filename> files. It is
+                <filename>sd-readahead.c</filename> and
+                <filename>sd-readahead.h</filename> files. It is
                 recommended that applications consuming this API copy
                 the implementation into their source tree. For more
                 details about the reference implementation see
                 recommended that applications consuming this API copy
                 the implementation into their source tree. For more
                 details about the reference implementation see
-                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-readahead</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry></para>
 
                 <para>If -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during compilation
                 this function will always return 0 and otherwise
 
                 <para>If -DDISABLE_SYSTEMD is set during compilation
                 this function will always return 0 and otherwise
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ sd_readahead("noreplay");</programlisting>
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                 <title>See Also</title>
                 <para>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
-                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-readahead</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>
                         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>daemon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 </para>
         </refsect1>