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    documentation: update Documentation/filesystem/proc.txt and Documentation/sysctls · 760df93e
    Shen Feng authored
    
    
    Now /proc/sys is described in many places and much information is
    redundant.  This patch updates the proc.txt and move the /proc/sys
    desciption out to the files in Documentation/sysctls.
    
    Details are:
    
    merge
    -  2.1  /proc/sys/fs - File system data
    -  2.11 /proc/sys/fs/mqueue - POSIX message queues filesystem
    -  2.17 /proc/sys/fs/epoll - Configuration options for the epoll interface
    with Documentation/sysctls/fs.txt.
    
    remove
    -  2.2  /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc - Miscellaneous binary formats
    since it's not better then the Documentation/binfmt_misc.txt.
    
    merge
    -  2.3  /proc/sys/kernel - general kernel parameters
    with Documentation/sysctls/kernel.txt
    
    remove
    -  2.5  /proc/sys/dev - Device specific parameters
    since it's obsolete the sysfs is used now.
    
    remove
    -  2.6  /proc/sys/sunrpc - Remote procedure calls
    since it's not better then the Documentation/sysctls/sunrpc.txt
    
    move
    -  2.7  /proc/sys/net - Networking stuff
    -  2.9  Appletalk
    -  2.10 IPX
    to newly created Documentation/sysctls/net.txt.
    
    remove
    -  2.8  /proc/sys/net/ipv4 - IPV4 settings
    since it's not better then the Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt.
    
    add
    - Chapter 3 Per-Process Parameters
    to descibe /proc/<pid>/xxx parameters.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarShen Feng <shen@cn.fujitsu.com>
    Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
    Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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