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diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml
index d6e84cf5d..26a8a1ad6 100644
--- a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml
+++ b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
   <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
   %general-entities;
 ]>
-<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" xreflabel="Module-Init-Tools" role="wrap">
+<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
 <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>
 
 <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>
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@
 <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>650 KB</seg></seglistitem>
 </segmentedlist>
 
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Module-Init-Tools installation depends on</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison,
+Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 role="installation">
@@ -30,10 +37,14 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>make DOCBOOKTOMAN=""</userinput></screen>
 
+<!-- Edit me -->
+<para>The <command>DOCBOOKTOMAN</command> option allows the compile process to
+complete without regenerating the man pages.</para>
+
 <para>To test the results, issue:
 <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
 
-<para>Install it:</para>
+<para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -42,8 +53,111 @@
 
 <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
 
-<para>See testing</para>
+<segmentedlist>
+<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+<seglistitem><seg>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)</seg></seglistitem>
+</segmentedlist>
+
+<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
+<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
+
+<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="genksyms">
+<term><command>genksyms</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Generates symbol version information</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</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_ksymoops_clean">
+<term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="kallsyms">
+<term><command>kallsyms</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Extracts all kernel symbols for debugging</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="kernelversion">
+<term><command>kernelversion</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Reports the major version of the running kernel</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm>
+</listitem>
+</varlistentry>
+
+<varlistentry id="ksyms">
+<term><command>ksyms</command></term>
+<listitem>
+<para>Displays exported kernel symbols</para>
+<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</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>
+