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author | Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org> | 2014-12-03 15:17:05 +0100 |
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committer | Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org> | 2015-01-08 16:26:20 +0100 |
commit | 1bb4822dca6113f73e3bc89e2acf15935e6f8e92 (patch) | |
tree | 35e16f100466e4e00657199b38bb3d87d52bf73f /libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/README.lua | |
parent | 9edd0e46c3f880727738ce8ca6ff1c8b85f99ef4 (diff) |
Rework LuCI build system
* Rename subdirectories to their repective OpenWrt package names
* Make each LuCI module its own standalone package
* Deploy a shared luci.mk which is used by each module Makefile
Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jow@openwrt.org>
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diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/README.lua b/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/README.lua new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b957a69903 --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/luci-lib-nixio/docsrc/README.lua @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +--- General Information. +module "README" + +--- General error handling information. +-- <ul> +-- <li> Most of the functions available in this library may fail. If any error +-- occurs the function returns <strong>nil or false</strong>, an error code +-- (usually errno) and an additional error message text (if avaialable).</li> +-- <li>At the moment false is only returned when a non-blocking I/O function +-- fails with EAGAIN, EWOULDBLOCK or WSAEWOULDBLOCK for any others nil is +-- returned as first parameter. Therefore you can use false to write portable +-- non-blocking I/O applications.</li> +-- <li>Note that the function documentation does only mention the return values +-- in case of a successful operation.</li> +-- <li>You can find a table of common error numbers and other useful constants +-- like signal numbers in <strong>nixio.const</strong> e.g. nixio.const.EINVAL, +-- nixio.const.SIGTERM, etc. For portability there is a second error constant +-- table <strong>nixio.const_sock</strong> for socket error codes. This might +-- be important if you are dealing with Windows applications, on POSIX however +-- const_sock is just an alias for const.</li> +-- <li>With some exceptions - which are explicitely stated in the function +-- documentation - all blocking functions are signal-protected and will not fail +-- with EINTR.</li> +-- <li>On POSIX the SIGPIPE signal will be set to ignore upon initialization. +-- You should restore the default behaviour or set a custom signal handler +-- in your program after loading nixio if you need this behaviour.</li> +-- </ul> +-- @class table +-- @name Errorhandling +-- @return ! + +--- Function conventions. +-- <br />In general all functions are namend and behave like their POSIX API +-- counterparts - where applicable - applying the following rules: +-- <ul> +-- <li>Functions should be named like the underlying POSIX API function ommiting +-- prefixes or suffixes - especially when placed in an object-context ( +-- lockf -> File:lock, fsync -> File:sync, dup2 -> dup, ...)</li> +-- <li>If you are unclear about the behaviour of a function you should consult +-- your OS API documentation (e.g. the manpages).</li> +-- <li>If the name is significantly different from the POSIX-function, the +-- underlying function(s) are stated in the documentation.</li> +-- <li>Parameters should reflect those of the C-API, buffer length arguments and +-- by-reference parameters should be ommitted for pratical purposes.</li> +-- <li>If a C function accepts a bitfield as parameter, it should be translated +-- into lower case string flags representing the flags if the bitfield is the +-- last parameter and also ommiting prefixes or suffixes. (e.g. waitpid +-- (pid, &s, WNOHANG | WUNTRACED) -> waitpid(pid, "nohang", "untraced"), +-- getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt)) -> +-- Socket:getopt("socket", "reuseaddr"), etc.) </li> +-- <li>If it is not applicable to provide a string representation of the +-- bitfield a bitfield generator helper is provided. It is named FUNCTION_flags. +-- (open("/tmp/test", O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK) -> open("/tmp/test", open_flags( +-- "rdonly", "nonblock")))</li> +-- </ul> +-- @class table +-- @name Functions +-- @return ! + +--- Platform information. +-- <ul> +-- <li>The minimum platform requirements are a decent POSIX 2001 support. +-- Builds are more or less tested on Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD. Builds for +-- Windows XP SP1 and later can be compiled with MinGW either from Windows +-- itself or using the MinGW cross-compiler. Earlier versions of Windows are not +-- supported.</li> +-- <li>In general all functions which don't have any remarks +-- in their documentation are available on all platforms.</li> +-- <li>Functions with a (POSIX), (Linux) or similar prefix are only available +-- on these specific platforms. Same appplies to parameters of functions +-- with a similar suffix.</li> +-- <li>Some functions might have limitations on some platforms. This should +-- be stated in the documentation. Please also consult your OS API +-- documentation.</li> +-- </ul> +-- @usage Tes +-- @class table +-- @name Platforms +-- @return ! + +--- Cryptography and TLS libraries. +-- <ul> +-- <li>Currently 3 underlying cryptography libraries are supported: openssl, +-- cyassl and axTLS. The name of the library in use is written to +-- <strong>nixio.tls_provider</strong></li> +-- <li>You should whenever possible use openssl or cyassl as axTLS has only +-- limited support. It does not provide support for non-blocking sockets and +-- is probably less audited than the other ones.</li> +-- <li>As the supported Windows versions are not suitable for embedded devices +-- axTLS is at the moment not supported on Windows.</li> +-- </ul> +-- @usage Tes +-- @class table +-- @name TLS-Crypto +-- @return !
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