manual: add syscall list appendix

[Alejandro Colomar]

On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 01:55:08PM GMT, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > The intent is to say that if we didn't document anything in the glibc manual
> > that users should feel free to go read the Linux man-pages documentaiton for
> > that syscall.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> 
> It's long for an appendix.  Do we have a chapter on cancellation?  Do we
> want to be that Linux-centric?

Hi DJ,

In the Linux man-pages project, we document primarily the Linux and
glibc interfaces, but we also document the behavior of other systems
such as the BSDs or musl when it differs, normally in the VERSIONS
section.

I would welcome patches for documenting for example GNU Hurd details,
or any other (FOSS) systems that provide the same interfaces.

And already during Michael Kerrisk's maintainership, he had a strong
interest for documenting portability to other Unix systems.

Have a lovely night!
Alex

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