DOCUMENTATION: /proc/sys/vm & /proc/sys/kernel

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 06:03:18 +0100 (MET)


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Hi Linus and Stephen,

I've finished the documentation on all files in /proc/sys/vm
and /proc/sys/kernel for inclusion in the Linux kernel
distribution. The attached tarball can be untarred in
linux/Documentation/...

And linux-kernel people, if there's some spelling bee
out there, please proofread and correct my documents :-)

Rik.
+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
| For Linux mm-patches, go to | "I'm busy managing memory.." |
| my homepage (via LinuxHQ). | H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl |
| ...submissions welcome... | http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~riel/ |
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