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Diffstat (limited to 'man/modprobe.xml')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 74 deletions
diff --git a/man/modprobe.xml b/man/modprobe.xml index 5abb948..0b3b01d 100644 --- a/man/modprobe.xml +++ b/man/modprobe.xml @@ -80,14 +80,13 @@ <command>modprobe</command> looks in the module directory <filename>/lib/modules/`uname -r`</filename> for all the modules and other files, except for the optional - configuration files in the + <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename> configuration file and <filename>/etc/modprobe.d</filename> directory (see <citerefentry> - <refentrytitle>modprobe.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + <refentrytitle>modprobe.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </citerefentry>). <command>modprobe</command> will also use module options specified on the kernel command line in the form of - <module>.<option> and blacklists in the form of - modprobe.blacklist=<module>. + <module>.<option>. </para> <para> Note that unlike in 2.4 series Linux kernels (which are not supported @@ -121,23 +120,13 @@ <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>-a</option> - </term> - <term> - <option>--all</option> - </term> + <term><option>-a</option> <option>--all</option></term> <listitem> <para>Insert all module names on the command line.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>-b</option> - </term> - <term> - <option>--use-blacklist</option> - </term> + <term><option>-b</option> <option>--use-blacklist</option></term> <listitem> <para> This option causes <command>modprobe</command> to apply the @@ -150,12 +139,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>-C</option> - </term> - <term> - <option>--config</option> - </term> + <term><option>-C</option> <option>--config</option></term> <listitem> <para>This option overrides the default configuration directory (<filename>/etc/modprobe.d</filename>). @@ -169,12 +153,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>-c</option> - </term> - <term> - <option>--showconfig</option> - </term> + <term><option>-c</option> <option>--showconfig</option></term> <listitem> <para> Dump out the effective configuration from the config directory and @@ -183,8 +162,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>--dump-modversions</option> + <term><option>--dump-modversions</option> </term> <listitem> <para> @@ -195,22 +173,17 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>-d</option> - </term> - <term> - <option>--dirname</option> - </term> + <term><option>-d</option> <option>--dirname</option></term> <listitem> <para> - Root directory for modules, <filename>/</filename> by default. + Directory where modules can be found, + <filename>/lib/modules/<replaceable>RELEASE</replaceable></filename> + by default. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>--first-time</option> - </term> + <term><option>--first-time</option></term> <listitem> <para> Normally, <command>modprobe</command> will succeed (and do @@ -224,9 +197,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>--force-vermagic</option> - </term> + <term><option>--force-vermagic</option></term> <listitem> <para> Every module contains a small string containing important @@ -243,9 +214,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>--force-modversion</option> - </term> + <term><option>--force-modversion</option></term> <listitem> <para> When modules are compiled with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS set, a section @@ -264,12 +233,7 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term> - <option>-f</option> - </term> - <term> - <option>--force</option> - </term> + <term><option>-f</option> <option>--force</option></term> <listitem> <para> Try to strip any versioning information from the module which might @@ -288,11 +252,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-i</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--ignore-install</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--ignore-remove</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -315,11 +275,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-n</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--dry-run</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--show</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -336,8 +292,6 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-q</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--quiet</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -355,8 +309,6 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-R</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--resolve-alias</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -369,8 +321,6 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-r</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--remove</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -392,8 +342,6 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-S</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--set-version</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -427,8 +375,6 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-s</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--syslog</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -449,8 +395,6 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-V</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--version</option> </term> <listitem> @@ -460,8 +404,6 @@ <varlistentry> <term> <option>-v</option> - </term> - <term> <option>--verbose</option> </term> <listitem> |