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author | Pierre Labastie <pieere@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-02-09 20:50:38 +0000 |
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committer | Pierre Labastie <pieere@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-02-09 20:50:38 +0000 |
commit | afcfd745aec2ed1976187b2ea2c21a26ad2ca850 (patch) | |
tree | 4d495bf66d7bf8014253b1b3288a1d928f87cb59 /chapter06/module-init-tools.xml | |
parent | 6b041a031d9b5fc57a225e46cb88799a3cca7fd2 (diff) |
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diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 929382894..000000000 --- a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,185 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" - "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> - %general-entities; -]> - -<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap"> - <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?> - - <sect1info condition="script"> - <productname>module-init-tools</productname> - <productnumber>&module-init-tools-version;</productnumber> - <address>&module-init-tools-url;</address> - </sect1info> - - <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title> - - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools"> - <primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary> - </indexterm> - - <sect2 role="package"> - <title/> - - <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel - modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para> - - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> - <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> - - <seglistitem> - <seg>&module-init-tools-ch6-sbu;</seg> - <seg>&module-init-tools-ch6-du;</seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 role="installation"> - <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title> - - <para>Apply a patch that contains the generated man pages that were missing - from the released source tarball:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&module-init-tools-man-patch;</userinput></screen> - - <para>The test suite of this package is geared towards the needs of its - Maintainer. The command <command>make check</command> builds a specially - wrapped version of modprobe which is useless for normal operation. To run - this (about 0.2 SBU), issue the following commands (note that the - <command>make clean</command> command is required to clean up the source - tree before recompiling for normal use):</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="test">DOCBOOKTOMAN=/bin/true ./configure -make check -sed -i -e 's@../../configure@DOCBOOKTOMAN=/bin/true &@' tests/runtests -./tests/runtests -make clean</userinput></screen> - - <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="configure">DOCBOOKTOMAN=/bin/true ./configure --prefix=/ \ - --enable-zlib-dynamic --mandir=/usr/share/man</userinput></screen> - - <para>Compile the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> - - <para>Install the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="install">make INSTALL=install install</userinput></screen> - - <variablelist> - <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title> - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>INSTALL=install</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para>Normally, <command>make install</command> will not install the - binaries if they already exist. This option overrides that behavior by - calling <command>install</command> instead of using the default - wrapper script.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - </sect2> - - <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"> - <title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title> - - <segmentedlist> - <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> - - <seglistitem> - <seg>depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, and rmmod</seg> - </seglistitem> - </segmentedlist> - - <variablelist> - <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> - <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> - <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> - - <varlistentry id="depmod"> - <term><command>depmod</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the - existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by - <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required - modules</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"> - <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="insmod"> - <term><command>insmod</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"> - <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="insmod.static"> - <term><command>insmod.static</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>A statically compiled version of <command>insmod</command></para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static"> - <primary sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="lsmod"> - <term><command>lsmod</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"> - <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="modinfo"> - <term><command>modinfo</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and - displays any information that it can glean</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"> - <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="modprobe"> - <term><command>modprobe</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Uses a dependency file, created by - <command>depmod</command>, to automatically load relevant modules</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"> - <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry id="rmmod"> - <term><command>rmmod</command></term> - <listitem> - <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para> - <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"> - <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary> - </indexterm> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - </variablelist> - - </sect2> - -</sect1> |