Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 17:52:58 +0100 From: Andreas Kleen <ak@muc.de> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Rewriten networking man pages need reviewers. Here is the first snapshot of rewriten networking manpages to document all the exciting new sockets features that have been added in 2.1. There are still some things missing (see the FIXME file in the distribution), but the man pages are much better than the old ones. I am looking for reviewers. Highlights: - First (still incomplete) description of netlink/rtnetlink. - icmp.4, udp.4, ip.4, tcp.4, ddp.4 man pages for IPv4, UDP TCP, AppleTalk including all nearly supported socket options in 2.1 and most sysctls. - cmsg.3 with a description of POSIX ancilliary data. - socket.4 as high level description of the socket interface. - First description at all of PF_PACKET (packet.4) - First documentation of Linux flavoured raw sockets (raw.4) - Some annoying misdocumentations fixed. - Attempt at answering some of the "FAQ Questions" (feedback on more common mistakes that could be addressed is welcome) - netdevice.4 with the attempt to document some of the networking device configuration interface (ioctls, sysctls). - unix.4 manpage. ddp.4 was contributed by Alan Cox. Please send reports about grammar bugs/typos/unclear passages/omissions etc. to ak@muc.de. I plan to submit them after some external reviewing to the Linux man page maintainer. It is available at ftp.muc.de:/people/ak/netman-281198.tgz -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/