On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:42:17PM -0400, Daniel Dickman wrote:
> minor patch for uvm(9) :-
> 
> - remove redundant sentence about misc functions
> - note that pmap(9) is the MD portion of UVM.
> - Convert reference to Chuck's dissertation to .Rs/.Re section
> - uvm is no longer "new".
> - Remove "(Missouri)". St. Louis should be enough to remove any confusion
>   between wustl.edu and washington.edu.
> 
> jmc was okay with this but asked me to send to tech.
> 

not that it made any difference...

just committed your diff. thanks,
jmc

> Index: uvm.9
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvs/src/share/man/man9/uvm.9,v
> retrieving revision 1.49
> diff -u -r1.49 uvm.9
> --- uvm.9     17 Jul 2013 20:21:55 -0000      1.49
> +++ uvm.9     19 Jul 2013 03:33:03 -0000
> @@ -72,7 +72,10 @@
>  The swapper process swaps in runnable processes that are currently swapped 
> out,
>  if there is room.
>  .Pp
> -There are also several miscellaneous functions.
> +UVM has a machine independent and a machine dependent layer.
> +See
> +.Xr pmap 9
> +for the machine dependent layer.
>  .Sh INITIALISATION
>  .nr nS 1
>  .Ft void
> @@ -1044,9 +1047,15 @@
>  .Xr ddb 4 ,
>  .Xr options 4 ,
>  .Xr pmap 9
> +.Rs
> +.%A Charles D. Cranor
> +.%T "Design and Implementation of the UVM Virtual Memory System, D.Sc. 
> dissertation"
> +.%C St. Louis, Missouri
> +.%Q Department of Computer Science, Sever Institute of Technology, 
> Washington University
> +.%D August 1998
> +.Re
>  .Sh HISTORY
> -UVM is a new VM system developed at Washington University in St. Louis
> -(Missouri).
> +The UVM virtual memory system was developed at Washington University in St. 
> Louis.
>  UVM's roots lie partly in the Mach-based
>  .Bx 4.4
>  VM system, the
> @@ -1063,8 +1072,6 @@
>  .Bx
>  including page loanout, map entry passing, simplified
>  copy-on-write, and clustered anonymous memory pageout.
> -UVM is also further documented in an August 1998 dissertation
> -by Charles D. Cranor.
>  .Pp
>  UVM appeared in
>  .Ox 2.9 .
> 

  • uvm(9) patch Daniel Dickman
    • Re: uvm(9) patch Jason McIntyre

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