From c6cb3aa2f176d65a5ebe77e7da82e20946188a98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Canales Esparcia Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 21:55:01 +0000 Subject: HEAD: Retagged the Contents of ... sections. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@3621 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/module-init-tools.xml | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter06/module-init-tools.xml') diff --git a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml index 150d93dfb..cb3191236 100644 --- a/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml +++ b/chapter06/module-init-tools.xml @@ -47,59 +47,111 @@ Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed -Contents of Module-Init-Tools +Contents of Module-Init-Tools -Installed programs: depmod, genksyms, insmod, + +Installed programs +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) - - - +and rmmod (link to insmod) + -Short descriptions +Short descriptions + +depmod + depmod -depmod creates a dependency file, based on the +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. + + + +genksyms + genksyms -genksyms generates symbol version information. +generates symbol version information. + + + +insmod + insmod -insmod installs a loadable module in the running kernel. +installs a loadable module in the running kernel. + + + +insmod_ksymoops_clean + insmod_ksymoops_clean -insmod_ksymoops_clean deletes saved ksyms and -modules not accessed for two days. +deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days. + + + +kallsyms + kallsyms -kallsyms extracts all kernel symbols for debugging. +extracts all kernel symbols for debugging. + + + +kernelversion + kernelversion -kernelversion reports the major version of the -running kernel. +reports the major version of the running kernel. + + + +ksyms + ksyms -ksyms displays exported kernel symbols. +displays exported kernel symbols. + + + +lsmod + lsmod -lsmod shows which modules are loaded. +shows which modules are loaded. + + + +modinfo + modinfo -modinfo examines an object file associated with +examines an object file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean. + + + +modprobe + modprobe -modprobe uses a dependency file, created by +uses a dependency file, created by depmod, to automatically load the relevant modules. + + + +rmmod + rmmod -rmmod unloads modules from the running kernel. +unloads modules from the running kernel. + + + - - -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf