git: 70774c637b87 - main - procfs: Document as deprecated
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Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:47:00 UTC
The branch main has been updated by trasz: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=70774c637b87eac1d9a94bb960e6f5242dad9e43 commit 70774c637b87eac1d9a94bb960e6f5242dad9e43 Author: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-10-17 12:44:19 +0000 Commit: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-10-17 12:46:00 +0000 procfs: Document as deprecated Update the procfs(5) man page to clarify that it's deprecated. Reviewed By: bcr, 0mp (earlier version) Sponsored By: EPSRC Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D22275 --- share/man/man5/procfs.5 | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man5/procfs.5 b/share/man/man5/procfs.5 index 8532762a154e..37da9cf82e4b 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/procfs.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/procfs.5 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ .\" Written by Garrett Wollman .\" This file is in the public domain. .\" -.Dd March 4, 2017 +.Dd October 17, 2021 .Dt PROCFS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Bf -symbolic +This functionality is deprecated. +Users are advised to use +.Xr libprocstat 3 +and +.Xr kvm 3 +instead. +.Ef +.Pp The process file system, or .Nm , implements a view of the system process table inside the file system.