[PATCH 2.6.0-test2] abi doc

[ffrederick]

Andrew,

             Here's a sysctl doc patch against 2.6.0-test2 for abi.
Could you apply ?

Regards,
Fabian

diff -Naur orig/Documentation/sysctl/README edited/Documentation/sysctl/README
--- orig/Documentation/sysctl/README	2003-07-27 17:07:20.000000000 +0000
+++ edited/Documentation/sysctl/README	2003-08-11 22:42:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 by piece basis, or just some 'thematic frobbing'.
 
 The subdirs are about:
+abi/		execution domains & personalities
 debug/		<empty>
 dev/		device specific information (eg dev/cdrom/info)
 fs/		specific filesystems
diff -Naur orig/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt edited/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt
--- orig/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ edited/Documentation/sysctl/abi.txt	2003-08-11 22:41:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+Documentation for /proc/sys/abi/* kernel version 2.6.0.test2
+	(c) 2003,  Fabian Frederick <ffrederick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+
+For general info : README.
+
+==============================================================
+
+This path is binary emulation relevant aka personality types aka abi.
+When a process is executed, it's linked to an exec_domain whose
+personality is defined using values available from /proc/sys/abi.
+You can find further details about abi in include/linux/personality.h.
+
+Here are the files featuring in 2.6 kernel :
+
+- defhandler_coff
+- defhandler_elf
+- defhandler_lcall7
+- defhandler_libcso
+- fake_utsname
+- trace
+
+===========================================================
+defhandler_coff:
+defined value :
+PER_SCOSVR3
+0x0003 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | WHOLE_SECONDS | SHORT_INODE
+
+===========================================================
+defhandler_elf:
+defined value : 
+PER_LINUX
+0
+
+===========================================================
+defhandler_lcall7:
+defined value :
+PER_SVR4
+0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO,
+
+===========================================================
+defhandler_libsco:
+defined value:
+PER_SVR4
+0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO,
+
+===========================================================
+fake_utsname:
+Unused
+
+===========================================================
+trace:
+Unused
+
+===========================================================


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