On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 05:05:00PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 01:14:42PM +0200, Petr Baudis wrote: > > The sigevent structure is used as a common interface for several > > asynchronous pthreads functions; also, getaddrinfo_a() uses it > > and in the future, other library functions might. > > > > Currently, it is completely non-descript in some cases, plus > > there are two competing descriptions in timer_create(2) and > > mq_notify(3) (the former appears to be based on the latter). > > This patch attempts to unify the descriptions in a single > > manual page and networks it to the rest, so that I do not > > have to add yet another description for the getaddrinfo_a(3) > > manual page (currently in the works). > > > > P.S.: There are two unresolved issues with this patch - the > > timer_create(2) requirement of real-time signal requirements > > is somewhat confusing and it seems that SIGEV_THREAD_ID can > > be or'd with SIGEV_SIGNAL or not. I did not have time to research > > this so far, so I decided to rather send it in and see if someone > > knows about this off the top of their head. > > > > Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxx> > > Ping... Ping... :-) P.S.: I'm sorry that I have not been of any help with maintaining manpages contrary to what I promised - it turns out I'm currently way too swamped by other stuff.. :-( -- Petr "Pasky" Baudis A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. -- William James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
