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authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2023-08-15 17:10:10 +0200
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2023-08-15 23:19:10 +0200
commitadcdb3e518755ed90c4d61f6a546990a901b7b78 (patch)
tree0ea70abb1e31770c13e60311391fa14326c520e2
parent6c33e013ac735cf36d662dc3e7462f823443b41d (diff)
downloadman-pages-adcdb3e518755ed90c4d61f6a546990a901b7b78.tar.gz
proc.5, proc_kallsyms.5, proc_ksyms.5: Split /proc/kallsyms (and /proc/ksyms) from proc(5)
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--man5/proc.512
-rw-r--r--man5/proc_kallsyms.525
-rw-r--r--man5/proc_ksyms.51
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index 1e3c199749..e9deffbdbc 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -227,14 +227,6 @@ hierarchy.
.\" Added in Linux 2.6.9
.\" CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS
.TP
-.IR /proc/kallsyms " (since Linux 2.5.71)"
-This holds the kernel exported symbol definitions used by the
-.BR modules (X)
-tools to dynamically link and bind loadable modules.
-In Linux 2.5.47 and earlier, a similar file with slightly different syntax
-was named
-.IR ksyms .
-.TP
.I /proc/kcore
This file represents the physical memory of the system and is stored
in the ELF core file format.
@@ -358,10 +350,6 @@ file is present only if the
.B CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
kernel configuration option is enabled.
.TP
-.IR /proc/ksyms " (Linux 1.1.23\[en]2.5.47)"
-See
-.IR /proc/kallsyms .
-.TP
.I /proc/loadavg
The first three fields in this file are load average figures
giving the number of jobs in the run queue (state R)
diff --git a/man5/proc_kallsyms.5 b/man5/proc_kallsyms.5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc7ffd5922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man5/proc_kallsyms.5
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+.\" Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com>
+.\" Copyright (C) 2002-2008, 2017, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
+.\" Copyright (C) 2023, Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+.\"
+.TH proc_kallsyms 5 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+/proc/kallsyms \- kernel exported symbols
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.TP
+.IR /proc/kallsyms " (since Linux 2.5.71)"
+This holds the kernel exported symbol definitions used by the
+.BR modules (X)
+tools to dynamically link and bind loadable modules.
+In Linux 2.5.47 and earlier, a similar file with slightly different syntax
+was named
+.IR ksyms .
+.SH HISTORY
+.TP
+.IR /proc/ksyms " (Linux 1.1.23\[en]2.5.47)"
+See
+.IR /proc/kallsyms .
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR proc (5)
diff --git a/man5/proc_ksyms.5 b/man5/proc_ksyms.5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4fc2a126c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man5/proc_ksyms.5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.so man5/proc_kallsyms.5