Phrasing correction in modprobe man page

[thirdparty/kmod.git] / man / modprobe.xml

diff --git a/man/modprobe.xml b/man/modprobe.xml
index 4d7639a1a475b19c83ae382cbd2925e514bf4417..0372b6b23b87d9a5bbd4cfc2a5b4dc1fbc07e1a9 100644 (file)
--- a/man/modprobe.xml
+++ b/man/modprobe.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
         <firstname>Lucas</firstname>
         <surname>De Marchi</surname>
-        <email>lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi</email>
+        <email>lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com</email>
       </author>
     </authorgroup>
   </refentryinfo>
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@
     </para>
     <para>
       <command>modprobe</command> expects an up-to-date
-      <filename>modules.dep.bin</filename> file (or fallback human
-      readable <filename>modules.dep</filename> file), as generated
+      <filename>modules.dep.bin</filename> file as generated
       by the corresponding <command>depmod</command> utility shipped
       along with <command>modprobe</command> (see
       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
@@ -121,13 +120,23 @@
   <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-a</option> <option>--all</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>-a</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--all</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Insert all module names on the command line.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-b</option> <option>--use-blacklist</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>-b</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--use-blacklist</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             This option causes <command>modprobe</command> to apply the
@@ -140,7 +149,12 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-C</option> <option>--config</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>-C</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--config</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>This option overrides the default configuration directory
             (<filename>/etc/modprobe.d</filename>).
@@ -154,7 +168,12 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-c</option> <option>--showconfig</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>-c</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--showconfig</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Dump out the effective configuration from the config directory and
@@ -163,7 +182,8 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>--dump-modversions</option>
+        <term>
+          <option>--dump-modversions</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -174,7 +194,12 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-d</option> <option>--dirname</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>-d</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--dirname</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Root directory for modules, <filename>/</filename> by default.
@@ -182,7 +207,9 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>--first-time</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--first-time</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Normally, <command>modprobe</command> will succeed (and do
@@ -196,14 +223,16 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>--force-vermagic</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--force-vermagic</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Every module contains a small string containing important
             information, such as the kernel and compiler versions.  If a module
             fails to load and the kernel complains that the "version magic"
             doesn't match, you can use this option to remove it.  Naturally,
-            this check is there for your protection, so this using option is
+            this check is there for your protection, so using this option is
             dangerous unless you know what you're doing.
           </para>
           <para>
@@ -213,7 +242,9 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>--force-modversion</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--force-modversion</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             When modules are compiled with CONFIG_MODVERSIONS set, a section
@@ -232,7 +263,12 @@
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><option>-f</option> <option>--force</option></term>
+        <term>
+          <option>-f</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
+          <option>--force</option>
+        </term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
             Try to strip any versioning information from the module which might
@@ -251,7 +287,11 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-i</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--ignore-install</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--ignore-remove</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -274,7 +314,11 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-n</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--dry-run</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--show</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -291,6 +335,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-q</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--quiet</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -308,6 +354,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-R</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--resolve-alias</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -320,6 +368,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-r</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--remove</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -341,6 +391,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-S</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--set-version</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -374,6 +426,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-s</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--syslog</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -394,6 +448,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-V</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--version</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -403,6 +459,8 @@
       <varlistentry>
         <term>
           <option>-v</option>
+        </term>
+        <term>
           <option>--verbose</option>
         </term>
         <listitem>
@@ -454,6 +512,9 @@
       <citerefentry>
         <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
       </citerefentry>
+      <citerefentry>
+        <refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+      </citerefentry>
     </para>
   </refsect1>
 </refentry>