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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2006-04-27 14:10:12 -0700 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2006-06-21 12:40:47 -0700 |
commit | c18f6365fdbaf30611a8822afcd7097865dcaa32 (patch) | |
tree | fb136fffab80d3022edcc4fc17b3da789eb7b838 /Documentation/ABI/stable | |
parent | 183bd5b3da82b80920c30c4772222df8027fc364 (diff) | |
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[PATCH] Add kernel<->userspace ABI stability documentation
Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module | 30 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/syscalls b/Documentation/ABI/stable/syscalls new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c3ae3e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/syscalls @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +What: The kernel syscall interface +Description: + This interface matches much of the POSIX interface and is based + on it and other Unix based interfaces. It will only be added to + over time, and not have things removed from it. + + Note that this interface is different for every architecture + that Linux supports. Please see the architecture-specific + documentation for details on the syscall numbers that are to be + mapped to each syscall. diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module new file mode 100644 index 0000000..75be431 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-module @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +What: /sys/module +Description: + The /sys/module tree consists of the following structure: + + /sys/module/MODULENAME + The name of the module that is in the kernel. This + module name will show up either if the module is built + directly into the kernel, or if it is loaded as a + dyanmic module. + + /sys/module/MODULENAME/parameters + This directory contains individual files that are each + individual parameters of the module that are able to be + changed at runtime. See the individual module + documentation as to the contents of these parameters and + what they accomplish. + + Note: The individual parameter names and values are not + considered stable, only the fact that they will be + placed in this location within sysfs. See the + individual driver documentation for details as to the + stability of the different parameters. + + /sys/module/MODULENAME/refcnt + If the module is able to be unloaded from the kernel, this file + will contain the current reference count of the module. + + Note: If the module is built into the kernel, or if the + CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD kernel configuration value is not enabled, + this file will not be present. |