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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index 1113136c..c1268121 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -430,3 +430,26 @@ DHCPCD(8) client is a consumer of these events for example. Make sure that the interface flag ``IFF_UP`` and the interface driver flag ``IFF_DRV_RUNNING`` is set in case the link is up, otherwise ``ether_output()`` will return the error status ``ENETDOWN``. + +FreeBSD Kernel Features Ported to LibBSD +======================================== + +All lock based synchronization primitives are implemented through mutexes using +the priority inheritance protocol. + +* `BUS_DMA(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bus_dma&sektion=9>`_: Bus and Machine Independent DMA Mapping Interface +* `BUS_SPACE(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bus_space&sektion=9>`_: Bus space manipulation functions +* `CALLOUT(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=callout&sektion=9>`_: Execute a function after a specified length of time +* `CONDVAR(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=condvar&sektion=9>`_: Kernel condition variable +* `DEVICE(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=device&sektion=9>`_: An abstract representation of a device +* `DRIVER(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=driver&sektion=9>`_: Structure describing a device driver +* `EPOCH(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=epoch&sektion=9>`_: Kernel epoch based reclamation +* `MUTEX(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mutex&sektion=9>`_: Kernel synchronization primitives +* `RMAN(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rman&sektion=9>`_: Resource management functions +* `RMLOCK(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rmlock&sektion=9>`_: Kernel reader/writer lock optimized for read-mostly access patterns +* `RWLOCK(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rwlock&sektion=9>`_: Kernel reader/writer lock +* `SX(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sx&sektion=9>`_: Kernel shared/exclusive lock +* `SYSCTL(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=SYSCTL_DECL&sektion=9>`_: Dynamic and static sysctl MIB creation functions +* `SYSINIT(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinit&sektion=9>`_: A framework for dynamic kernel initialization +* `TASKQUEUE(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=taskqueue&sektion=9>`_: Asynchronous task execution +* `UMA(9) <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=uma&sektion=9>`_: General-purpose kernel object allocator |