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From: lfs-dev <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:48:02 +0000
Subject: This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'v5_1-pre2'.

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+ - Mention --enable-kernel=... where appropriate.
+ - Create and use the 'utmp' group, and explain to the user how to use it to
+   improve the security of things that write to utmp, such as terminal
+   emulators.
+ - Move passwd to /bin.
+ - Mention --enable-multibyte when building vim.
+ - POSIX compliance patches (aka, removing the coreutils hack).
+ - Upgraded to a glibc that supports POSIX message queues.
+ - Pass --enable-const to ncurses.
diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml
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+<?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>
diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!ENTITY version "CVS-2004-05-03">
+<!ENTITY version "5.1-pre2">
 <!ENTITY releasedate "May 3, 2004">
 <!ENTITY milestone "5.1">
 
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