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From: Stephan Mueller <stephan.mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: arm_fadvise() man page
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 14:40:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201010091440.12442.stephan.mueller@atsec.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinQ7xBBa1VqR9oiLoh=7JCiR7BAeFceE3Cgc+TT-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>

Am Samstag, 9. Oktober 2010, um 06:50:29 schrieb Michael Kerrisk:

Hi Michael,

> [Was: man pages for undocumented system calls]
> 
> Stephan,
> 
> The situation here is similar to sync_file_range, but specific to ARM.
> The documentation would better be in the posix_fadvise() page, should
> explicitly note that this system call is for ARM only, and should note
> why the system call exists. For man-pages-3.29, I applied the patch
> below.

Same here, I think your approach is better than a stand-alone man page.

Nevertheless, are you going to please add a symlink from posix_fadvise.2.gz to 
arm_fadvise.2.gz?

Thanks
Stephan

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-09 12:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-09  4:50 arm_fadvise() man page Michael Kerrisk
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2010-10-09 12:40   ` Stephan Mueller [this message]
     [not found]     ` <201010091440.12442.stephan.mueller-fwYZOkdEjagAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2010-10-10  5:57       ` Michael Kerrisk

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