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highuid.txt: standardize document format

Each text file under Documentation follows a different
format. Some doesn't even have titles!

Change its representation to follow the adopted standard,
using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx:

- use a markup for the title;
- use :Author: and :Last updated: markups at the beginning with
authorship info;
- use proper markups for the lists.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

authored by

Mauro Carvalho Chehab and committed by
Jonathan Corbet
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Documentation/highuid.txt
··· 1 - Notes on the change from 16-bit UIDs to 32-bit UIDs: 1 + =================================================== 2 + Notes on the change from 16-bit UIDs to 32-bit UIDs 3 + =================================================== 4 + 5 + :Author: Chris Wing <wingc@umich.edu> 6 + :Last updated: January 11, 2000 2 7 3 8 - kernel code MUST take into account __kernel_uid_t and __kernel_uid32_t 4 9 when communicating between user and kernel space in an ioctl or data ··· 33 28 uses the 32-bit UID system calls properly otherwise. 34 29 35 30 This affects at least: 36 - iBCS on Intel 37 31 38 - sparc32 emulation on sparc64 39 - (need to support whatever new 32-bit UID system calls are added to 40 - sparc32) 32 + - iBCS on Intel 33 + 34 + - sparc32 emulation on sparc64 35 + (need to support whatever new 32-bit UID system calls are added to 36 + sparc32) 41 37 42 38 - Validate that all filesystems behave properly. 43 39 44 40 At present, 32-bit UIDs _should_ work for: 45 - ext2 46 - ufs 47 - isofs 48 - nfs 49 - coda 50 - udf 41 + 42 + - ext2 43 + - ufs 44 + - isofs 45 + - nfs 46 + - coda 47 + - udf 51 48 52 49 Ioctl() fixups have been made for: 53 - ncpfs 54 - smbfs 50 + 51 + - ncpfs 52 + - smbfs 55 53 56 54 Filesystems with simple fixups to prevent 16-bit UID wraparound: 57 - minix 58 - sysv 59 - qnx4 55 + 56 + - minix 57 + - sysv 58 + - qnx4 60 59 61 60 Other filesystems have not been checked yet. 62 61 ··· 78 69 - make sure that the UID mapping feature of AX25 networking works properly 79 70 (it should be safe because it's always used a 32-bit integer to 80 71 communicate between user and kernel) 81 - 82 - 83 - Chris Wing 84 - wingc@umich.edu 85 - 86 - last updated: January 11, 2000