Add notes about OS support for our scheduler types

diff --git a/changes/ticket24254 b/changes/ticket24254
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+  o Documentation:
+    Add notes in man page regarding OS support for the various scheduler types.
+    Closes ticket 24254.

diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
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--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -801,14 +801,16 @@ GENERAL OPTIONS
  +
     **KIST**: Kernel Informed Socket Transport. Tor will use the kernel tcp
     information stack per-socket to make an informed decision on if it should
-    send or not the data. (Only available on Linux)
+    send or not the data. As implemented, KIST will only work on Linux kernel
+    version 2.6.39 or higher.
  +
     **KISTLite**: Same as KIST but without kernel support which means that tor
     will use all the same mecanics as KIST but without the TCP information the
-    kernel can provide.
+    kernel can provide. KISTLite will work on all kernels and operating
+    systems.
  +
     **Vanilla**: The scheduler that tor has always used that is do as much as
-    possible or AMAP.
+    possible or AMAP. Vanilla will work on all kernels and operating systems.
 
 [[KISTSchedRunInterval]] **KISTSchedRunInterval** __NUM__ **msec**::
     If KIST or KISTLite is used in Schedulers option, this control at which