This page has existed as a placeholder since its creation in 1995. It
does not provide a useful introduction to the content in this section.
Reimagine it as a top-level overview page containing brief descriptions
and links to existing pages in section 9. It is roughly organized into
sub-sections, grouped by topic or subsystem.
There is a balance to be found here between providing as many links as
possible and keeping the page concise and searchable. In general the aim
is to reference pages which provide the best entry point to a particular
topic. For example, a link is given to locking(9), but not to the
specific lock pages such as mutex(9) or rwlock(9).
NetBSD has done something similar with their intro(9), so some
inspiration has been taken from there, although the content doesn't
align with what we have that closely. I have done a thorough review of
our existing pages and formed these subsections around them, but they
are meant to be flexible, not set in stone.
*Reviewer Notes:*
Descriptions are still a WIP, and are not all complete or consistent
yet. For the first draft I am looking for feedback on the content (e.g.
accuracy of statements, what is included or ommitted) and organization,
but not necessarily formatting or word-smithing.
As much as possible, I would appreciate fully-formed text suggestions.
There is a lot of content here.