[src/netbsd-3]: src/share/man/man4 Pull up revision 1.6 (requested by elad in...

[tron <tron%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/5e9d7ee9d8c9
branches:  netbsd-3
changeset: 576140:5e9d7ee9d8c9
user:      tron <tron%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Jun 10 15:12:04 2005 +0000

description:
Pull up revision 1.6 (requested by elad in ticket #389):
Remove common code for returning supported fingerprints. This is done now
via sysctl(8) using kern.veriexec.algorithms.
Also add an entry for the 'algorithms' variable in sysctl.8 forgotten in
the last commit.

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/veriexec.4 |  25 +++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diffs (60 lines):

diff -r a20f4bc326f1 -r 5e9d7ee9d8c9 share/man/man4/veriexec.4
--- a/share/man/man4/veriexec.4 Fri Jun 10 15:11:58 2005 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/veriexec.4 Fri Jun 10 15:12:04 2005 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: veriexec.4,v 1.6.2.3 2005/06/10 15:01:20 tron Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: veriexec.4,v 1.6.2.4 2005/06/10 15:12:04 tron Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright 2005 Elad Efrat <elad%bsd.org.il@localhost>
 .\" Copyright 2005 Brett Lymn <blymn%netbsd.org@localhost>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"    $Id: veriexec.4,v 1.6.2.3 2005/06/10 15:01:20 tron Exp $
+.\"    $Id: veriexec.4,v 1.6.2.4 2005/06/10 15:12:04 tron Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd March 24, 2005
 .Dt VERIEXEC 4
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@
 The
 .Nm
 pseudo-device is used to interface the kernel's Veriexec data-structures.
-It is used to size the kernel data structures, load the Veriexec
-fingerprints into kernel memory and report the fingerprint methods
-supported by the currently running kernel.
+It is used to size the kernel data structures and load the Veriexec
+fingerprints into kernel memory.
 .Ss Veriexec file operations
 All the following operations are invoked using the
 .Xr ioctl 2
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@
 The following section lists the requests that can be made via
 .Xr ioctl 2 .
 .Ss Veriexec file request descriptions
-.Bl -tag -width VERIEXEC_FINGERPRINTS
+.Bl -tag -width VERIEXEC_TABLESIZE
 .It Dv VERIEXEC_TABLESIZE Fa struct veriexec_sizing_params
 Sizes the in kernel hash tables to accommodate the fingerprint entries.
 This request must be made prior to loading the fingerprints into the
@@ -99,20 +98,6 @@
 on the fingerprint passed.
 Lastly, the fingerprint is a pointer to an
 array of characters that comprise the fingerprint for the file.
-.It Dv VERIEXEC_FINGERPRINTS Fa struct veriexec_fp_report
-Copies a string that contains the fingerprint methods supported by the
-kernel into the buffer pointed to in the argument structure.
-The argument structure also contains the size of the storage that has
-been allocated by the caller to hold the string.
-If the size of the storage is insufficient to hold the entire string,
-then the string will not be copied into the buffer by the kernel; instead
-the size field will be updated with the amount of storage required to hold
-the fingerprint string.
-After performing this request the caller must check the size field in the
-argument structure.
-If this field differs from what was set prior to the
-request then the caller should reallocate the storage with the updated size
-and perform the request again.
 .El
 .Pp
 Note that the requests