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diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml deleted file mode 100644 index a98fe2773..000000000 --- a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,98 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> - %general-entities; -]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" xreflabel="Module-Init-Tools"> -<title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title> -<?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools"><primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary></indexterm> - -<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> - -<screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU -&buildtime; 650 KB</screen> - -<para>Module-Init-Tools installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, -Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed.</para> - - -<sect2> -<title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title> - -<para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen> - -<para>Compile the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> - -<para>To test the results, issue: -<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> - -<para>Install it:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - - -<sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title> - -<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: depmod, genksyms, insmod, -insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms -(link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod) -and rmmod (link to insmod)</para> - -</sect2> - - -<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm> -<para id="depmod"><command>depmod</command> creates a dependency file, based on the -symbols it finds in the existing set of modules. This dependency file is used -by modprobe to automatically load the required modules.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm> -<para id="genksyms"><command>genksyms</command> generates symbol version information.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm> -<para id="insmod"><command>insmod</command> installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm> -<para id="insmod_ksymoops_clean"><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command> deletes saved ksyms and -modules not accessed for two days.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm> -<para id="kallsyms"><command>kallsyms</command> extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm> -<para id="kernelversion"><command>kernelversion</command> reports the major version of the -running kernel.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm> -<para id="ksyms"><command>ksyms</command> displays exported kernel symbols.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm> -<para id="lsmod"><command>lsmod</command> shows which modules are loaded.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para id="modinfo"><command>modinfo</command> 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 modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm> -<para id="modprobe"><command>modprobe</command> uses a dependency file, created by -depmod, to automatically load the relevant modules.</para> - -<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm> -<para id="rmmod"><command>rmmod</command> unloads modules from the running kernel.</para> - -</sect2> - - - -</sect1> |