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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2011-02-15 18:32:19 +0300
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2011-02-15 18:32:19 +0300
commiteceebc3005efcfdbb8aad133594b712af19b89c1 (patch)
tree30dd9cfc614d30be278938f5ff8dfffdc2207d30
parenta413f8a20eb6831d0162aab4b94c4d25f203e9be (diff)
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys.
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-02-15 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+ * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys.
+
2011-02-10 Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document strerror_r fixes.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
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--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
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@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ it now obeys POSIX semantics of returning int.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
+/proc/sys now allows unfiltered access to the native NT namespace. Access
+restrictions still apply. Direct device access via /proc/sys is not yet
+supported. File system access via block devices works. For instance
+(note the trailing backslash!)
+<screen>
+bash$ cd /proc/sys/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1/
+</screen>
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
Other new APIs: llround, llroundf, madvise, pthread_yield.
Export program_invocation_name, program_invocation_short_name.
Support TIOCGPGRP, TIOCSPGRP ioctls.