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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:36:02 UTC
The branch main has been updated by mhorne: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=712fd5ac9181b544d8ffcf88ab6313233c8ddaed commit 712fd5ac9181b544d8ffcf88ab6313233c8ddaed Author: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> AuthorDate: 2023-08-06 17:34:03 +0000 Commit: Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-01-31 18:31:32 +0000 intro.9: minor changes A correction: 'and' -> 'an'. Plus, several tweaks for brevity or clarity. Reviewed by: mhorne MFC after: 3 days Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/813 --- share/man/man9/intro.9 | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man9/intro.9 b/share/man/man9/intro.9 index 458ee0ab4697..e13566725976 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/intro.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/intro.9 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ .\" This manual page was written by Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org> under .\" sponsorship from the FreeBSD Foundation. .\" -.Dd August 2, 2023 +.Dd January 30, 2024 .Dt INTRO 9 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Welcome to the .Fx kernel documentation. -Outside of the source code itself, this set of +Outside the source code itself, this set of .Xr man 1 pages is the primary resource for information on usage of the numerous programming interfaces available within the kernel. @@ -177,9 +177,10 @@ The kernel interface for file systems is File system implementations register themselves with .Xr vfsconf 9 . .Pp -The abstract and filesystem-independent representation of a file, directory, or -other file-like entity within the kernel is the -.Xr vnode 9 . +The +.Xr vnode 9 +is the abstract and filesystem-independent representation of a file, +directory, or other file-like entity within the kernel. .Pp The implementation of access control lists for filesystems is described by .Xr acl 9 . @@ -371,7 +372,7 @@ Signals can be sent to processes or process groups using the functions described by .Xr psignal 9 . .Ss Security -See the generic security overview in +See the overview in .Xr security 7 . .Pp The basic structure for user credentials is @@ -397,7 +398,7 @@ see .Xr mac 9 . .Pp Cryptographic services are provided by the OpenCrypto framework. -This API provides and interface for both consumers and crypto drivers; +This API provides an interface for both consumers and crypto drivers; see .Xr crypto 9 . .Pp @@ -409,9 +410,9 @@ and The interfaces for declaring loadable kernel modules are described by .Xr module 9 . .Ss Interrupts -The machine-independent portion of the interrupt framework supporting the -registration and execution of interrupt handlers is described by -.Xr intr_event 9 . +.Xr intr_event 9 +describes the machine-independent portion of the interrupt framework +that supports registration and execution of interrupt handlers. .Pp Software interrupts are provided by .Xr swi 9 . @@ -450,17 +451,16 @@ Kernel sanitizers can perform additional compiler-assisted checks against memory use/access. These runtimes are capable of detecting difficult-to-identify classes of bugs, at the cost of a large overhead. -Supported is the Kernel Address Sanitizer -.Xr KASAN 9 , -and the Kernel Memory Sanitizer -.Xr KMSAN 9 . +The Kernel Address Sanitizer +.Xr KASAN 9 +and Kernel Memory Sanitizer +.Xr KMSAN 9 +are supported. .Pp The -.Cd LOCK_PROFILING +.Xr LOCK_PROFILING 9 kernel config option enables extra code to assist with profiling and/or -debugging lock performance; -see -.Xr LOCK_PROFILING 9 . +debugging lock performance. .Ss Driver Tools Defined functions/APIs for specific types of devices. .Bl -tag -width "Xr usbdi 9" @@ -514,6 +514,6 @@ The kernel object implementation is described by .Xr man 1 , .Xr style 9 .Rs -.%T "The FreeBSD Architecture Handbook" -.%U "https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/arch-handbook/" +.%T The FreeBSD Architecture Handbook +.%U https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/arch-handbook/ .Re