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From: =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Gustavsson?= <bjorn@erlang.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 06:34:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] os_mon: Remove reference to VxWorks in the documentation

While at it, also remove references to Windows 98 and fix some minor typos.
---
 lib/os_mon/doc/src/disksup.xml    |  2 +-
 lib/os_mon/doc/src/memsup.xml     | 22 +++++++---------------
 lib/os_mon/doc/src/notes.xml      |  6 +++---
 lib/os_mon/doc/src/nteventlog.xml |  9 +++------
 lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_mon_app.xml |  2 +-
 lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_sup.xml     |  6 +++---
 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/disksup.xml b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/disksup.xml
index 8c5cd62670..5a7eb4d27d 100644
--- a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/disksup.xml
+++ b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/disksup.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 of Unix tools like <c>df</c>. The returned disk data and alarms
 can be different when using this option.
 The parameter is ignored on platforms that are known to not be
- posix compatible (Windows and SunOS).
+ POSIX compatible (Windows and SunOS).
 </item>
 </taglist>
 See <seealso marker="kernel:config">config(4)</seealso> for
diff --git a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/memsup.xml b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/memsup.xml
index 07d75a829b..450e73ea23 100644
--- a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/memsup.xml
+++ b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/memsup.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 <c>memsup</c> is a process which supervises the memory usage for
 the system and for individual processes. It is part of the OS_Mon
 application, see <seealso marker="os_mon_app">os_mon(6)</seealso>.
- Available for Unix, Windows and VxWorks.
+ Available for Unix and Windows.
 Periodically performs a memory check:
 <list type="bulleted">
 <item>
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 <seealso marker="#get_system_memory_data/0">get_system_memory_data()</seealso>.
 The result is highly dependent on the underlying operating
 system and the interface is targeted primarily for systems
- without virtual memory (e.g. VxWorks). The output on other
- systems is however still valid, although sparse.
+ without virtual memory. However, the output on other
+ systems is still valid, although sparse.
 A call to <c>get_system_memory_data/0</c> is more costly
 than a call to <c>get_memory_data/0</c> as data is collected
 synchronously when this function is called.
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
 <item>
 A timeout, in seconds, for how long the <c>memsup</c>
 process should wait for a result from a memory check. If
- the timeout expires, a warning message <c>"OS_MON (memsup) timeout"</c> is issued via <c>error_logger</c> and any
+ the timeout expires, a warning message <c>"OS_MON (memsup) timeout"</c>
+	 is issued via <c>error_logger</c> and any
 pending, synchronous client calls will return a dummy value.
 Normally, this situation should not occur. There have been
 cases on Linux, however, where the pseudo file from which
@@ -178,13 +179,6 @@
 <item>The amount of memory available to the whole operating
 system. This may well be equal to <c>total_memory</c> but
 not necessarily.</item>
- <tag><c>largest_free</c></tag>
- <item>The size of the largest contiguous free memory block
- available to the Erlang emulator.</item>
- <tag><c>number_of_free</c></tag>
- <item>The number of free blocks available to the Erlang runtime
- system. This gives a fair indication of how fragmented
- the memory is.</item>
 <tag><c>buffered_memory</c></tag>
 <item>
 The amount of memory the system uses for temporary storing raw disk blocks.
@@ -205,13 +199,11 @@
 
 </taglist>
 All memory sizes are presented as number of bytes.
- The <c>largest_free</c> and <c>number_of_free</c> tags are
- currently only returned on a VxWorks system.
 Returns the empty list [] if <c>memsup</c> is not available,
 or if the memory check times out.
 	<note>
-	On linux the memory available to the emulator is <c>cached_memory</c> and <c>buffered_memory</c> in addition to 
-	<c>free_memory</c>.
+	 On Linux the memory available to the emulator is <c>cached_memory</c> and
+	 <c>buffered_memory</c> in addition to <c>free_memory</c>.
 	</note>
 </desc>
 </func>
diff --git a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/notes.xml
index b08ade9938..ab142d165a 100644
--- a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
 <item>
 	 Memory information in
 	 <c>memsup:get_system_memory_data/0</c> now has additional
-	 entries in its property list for linux.
+	 entries in its property list for Linux.
 
 	 Own Id: OTP-7409 Aux Id: seq10984 
 </item>
@@ -780,8 +780,8 @@
 <list type="bulleted">
 <item>
 
-	 Extended memsup memory probing on linux to use a port
-	 program to probe memory usage. This is faster then the
+	 Extended memsup memory probing on Linux to use a port
+	 program to probe memory usage. This is faster than the
 	 previous implementation.
 
 	 Own Id: OTP-6860 Aux Id: seq10616 
diff --git a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/nteventlog.xml b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/nteventlog.xml
index cb30a90390..53712a67ec 100644
--- a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/nteventlog.xml
+++ b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/nteventlog.xml
@@ -33,11 +33,8 @@
 <description>
 <c>nteventlog</c> provides a generic interface to the Windows
 event log. It is part of the OS_Mon application, see
- <seealso marker="os_mon_app">os_mon(6)</seealso>. Available for
- Windows versions where the event log is available. That is, not
- for Windows 98 and some other older Windows versions, but for most
- (all?) newer Windows versions.
- This module is used as the Windows backend for <c>os_sup</c>, see
+ <seealso marker="os_mon_app">os_mon(6)</seealso>.
+ This module is used as the Windows backend for <c>os_sup</c>. See
 <seealso marker="os_sup">os_sup(3)</seealso>.
 To retain backwards compatibility, this module can also be used
 to start a standalone <c>nteventlog</c> process which is not part
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@
 sent to Erlang again after reboot).
 If the event log is configured to wrap around automatically,
 records that have arrived to the log and been overwritten when
- <c>nteventlog</c> was not running are lost. It however detects
+ <c>nteventlog</c> was not running are lost. However, it detects
 this state and loses no records that are not overwritten.
 The callback function works as described in <c>os_sup(3)</c>.
 </description>
diff --git a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_mon_app.xml b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_mon_app.xml
index 806a43fc04..35aff7503e 100644
--- a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_mon_app.xml
+++ b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_mon_app.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 <item><seealso marker="disksup">disksup</seealso>
 Disk supervision(Unix, Windows)</item>
 <item><seealso marker="memsup">memsup</seealso>
- Memory supervision (Unix, Windows, VxWorks)</item>
+ Memory supervision (Unix, Windows)</item>
 <item><seealso marker="os_sup">os_sup</seealso>
 Interface to OS system messages (Solaris, Windows)</item>
 </list>
diff --git a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_sup.xml b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_sup.xml
index 9c2088f784..f8b99f4f70 100644
--- a/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_sup.xml
+++ b/lib/os_mon/doc/src/os_sup.xml
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@
 <section>
 <title>Solaris Operation</title>
 The Solaris (SunOS 5.x) messages are retrieved from
- the syslog-daemon, <c>syslogd</c>.
+ the syslog daemon, <c>syslogd</c>.
 Enabling the service includes actions which require root
 privileges, such as change of ownership and file privileges of an
 executable binary file, and creating a modified copy of
 the configuration file for <c>syslogd</c>. When <c>os_sup</c> is
 terminated, the service must be disabled, meaning the original
 configuration must be restored. Enabling/disabling can be done
- either outside or inside <c>os_sup</c>, see
+ either outside or inside <c>os_sup</c>. See
 <seealso marker="#config">Configuration</seealso> below.
 <warning>
 This process cannot run in multiple instances on the same
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 The <c>nteventlog</c> module is used to implement <c>os_sup</c>.
 See <seealso marker="nteventlog">nteventlog(3)</seealso>. Note
 that the start functions of <c>nteventlog</c> does not need to be
- used, in this case the process is started automatically as part of
+ used, as in this case the process is started automatically as part of
 the OS_Mon supervision tree.
 OS messages are formatted as a tuple
 <c>{Time, Category, Facility, Severity, Message}</c>:
-- 
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