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Add documentation for the sigevent structure.

Description

Add documentation for the sigevent structure.

  • Add a sigevent(3) manpage to give a general overview of the sigevent structure and the available notification mechanisms.
  • Document that AIO requests contain a nested sigevent structure that can be used to request completion notification.
  • Expand the sigevent details in other manuals to note details such as the extra values stored in a queued signal's information or in a posted kevent.

Reviewed by: kib
MFC after: 3 days
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7122

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jhbAuthored on
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kib
Differential Revision
D7122: Add documentation for the sigevent structure.
Parents
rS302898: Revert r302865 and it's sister r302866 as r302865 causes some breakage.
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