From eceebc3005efcfdbb8aad133594b712af19b89c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:32:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ winsup/doc/new-features.sgml | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index d936503e7..f74faa371 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2011-02-15 Corinna Vinschen + + * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.8): Document /proc/sys. + 2011-02-10 Eric Blake * 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 index 1179fe506..bb4a71ac8 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml @@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ defined, it retains the previous behavior of returning char * it now obeys POSIX semantics of returning int. + +/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!) + +bash$ cd /proc/sys/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1/ + + + Other new APIs: llround, llroundf, madvise, pthread_yield. Export program_invocation_name, program_invocation_short_name. -- 2.43.5