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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/README b/Documentation/sysctl/README deleted file mode 100644 index d5f24ab0ecc3..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/sysctl/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,76 +0,0 @@ -Documentation for /proc/sys/ kernel version 2.2.10 - (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> - -'Why', I hear you ask, 'would anyone even _want_ documentation -for them sysctl files? If anybody really needs it, it's all in -the source...' - -Well, this documentation is written because some people either -don't know they need to tweak something, or because they don't -have the time or knowledge to read the source code. - -Furthermore, the programmers who built sysctl have built it to -be actually used, not just for the fun of programming it :-) - -============================================================== - -Legal blurb: - -As usual, there are two main things to consider: -1. you get what you pay for -2. it's free - -The consequences are that I won't guarantee the correctness of -this document, and if you come to me complaining about how you -screwed up your system because of wrong documentation, I won't -feel sorry for you. I might even laugh at you... - -But of course, if you _do_ manage to screw up your system using -only the sysctl options used in this file, I'd like to hear of -it. Not only to have a great laugh, but also to make sure that -you're the last RTFMing person to screw up. - -In short, e-mail your suggestions, corrections and / or horror -stories to: <riel@nl.linux.org> - -Rik van Riel. - -============================================================== - -Introduction: - -Sysctl is a means of configuring certain aspects of the kernel -at run-time, and the /proc/sys/ directory is there so that you -don't even need special tools to do it! -In fact, there are only four things needed to use these config -facilities: -- a running Linux system -- root access -- common sense (this is especially hard to come by these days) -- knowledge of what all those values mean - -As a quick 'ls /proc/sys' will show, the directory consists of -several (arch-dependent?) subdirs. Each subdir is mainly about -one part of the kernel, so you can do configuration on a piece -by piece basis, or just some 'thematic frobbing'. - -The subdirs are about: -abi/ execution domains & personalities -debug/ <empty> -dev/ device specific information (eg dev/cdrom/info) -fs/ specific filesystems - filehandle, inode, dentry and quota tuning - binfmt_misc <Documentation/admin-guide/binfmt-misc.rst> -kernel/ global kernel info / tuning - miscellaneous stuff -net/ networking stuff, for documentation look in: - <Documentation/networking/> -proc/ <empty> -sunrpc/ SUN Remote Procedure Call (NFS) -vm/ memory management tuning - buffer and cache management -user/ Per user per user namespace limits - -These are the subdirs I have on my system. There might be more -or other subdirs in another setup. If you see another dir, I'd -really like to hear about it :-) |