----- Original Message -----
> TS-1365 Update documentation

This should've been in the same commit as the adding of the feature.

> Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/repo
> Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/commit/a74ef5a0
> Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/tree/a74ef5a0
> Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/diff/a74ef5a0
> 
> Branch: refs/heads/master
> Commit: a74ef5a049347a864a0597364d3575ec297eeeb5
> Parents: eccb33c
> Author: Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org>
> Authored: Thu Jan 2 15:18:52 2014 -0700
> Committer: Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org>
> Committed: Thu Jan 2 15:30:53 2014 -0700
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  .../configuration/records.config.en.rst         | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/trafficserver/blob/a74ef5a0/doc/reference/configuration/records.config.en.rst
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/doc/reference/configuration/records.config.en.rst
> b/doc/reference/configuration/records.config.en.rst
> index c92f351..08aaf1a 100644
> --- a/doc/reference/configuration/records.config.en.rst
> +++ b/doc/reference/configuration/records.config.en.rst
> @@ -2225,6 +2225,26 @@ Sockets
>  
>     Same as the command line option ``--accept_mss`` that sets the MSS for
>     all incoming requests.
>  
> +.. ts:cv:: CONFIG proxy.config.net.poll_timeout INT 0
> +
> +   Same as the command line option ``--poll_timeout``, or ``-t``, which
> +   specifies the timeout used for the polling mechanism used. This timeout
> is
> +   always in milliseconds (ms). On Linux, this is the timeout to
> +   ``epoll_wait()``. The default value is ``10`` on all platforms except
> +   Solaris, where it is ``30``.

*Why* is it different on Solaris?

> +   Changing this configuration can reduce CPU usage on an idle system, since
> +   periodic tasks gets processed at these intervals. On busy servers, this
> +   overhead is diminished, since polled events triggers more
> +   frequently. However, increasing the setting can also introduce additional
> +   latency for certain operations, and timed events. It's recommended not to
> +   touch this setting unless your CPU usage is unacceptable at idle
> +   workload. Some alternatives to this could be::
> +
> +        Reduce the number of worker threads (net-threads)
> +        Reduce the number of disk (AIO) threads
> +

We should link here to the appropriate settings that would require tuning,
or to the (still rather poor) performance tuning document.

> +
>  Undocumented
>  ============
>  
> 
> 

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