From: Lucas De Marchi Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:20:10 +0000 (-0200) Subject: man: build modinfo man page X-Git-Tag: v4~28 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9f11c43d8dcc6274f06fd0091fefaef557a86bfd;p=thirdparty%2Fkmod.git man: build modinfo man page --- diff --git a/man/Makefile.am b/man/Makefile.am index f37bb206..0fb89221 100644 --- a/man/Makefile.am +++ b/man/Makefile.am @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ MAN5 = depmod.d.5 modprobe.d.5 modules.dep.5 -MAN8 = depmod.8 insmod.8 lsmod.8 rmmod.8 modprobe.8 +MAN8 = depmod.8 insmod.8 lsmod.8 rmmod.8 modprobe.8 modinfo.8 dist_man_MANS = $(MAN5) $(MAN8) $(MAN_STUB) diff --git a/man/modinfo.sgml b/man/modinfo.sgml deleted file mode 100644 index 8c72eef7..00000000 --- a/man/modinfo.sgml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,169 +0,0 @@ -Debian GNU/Linux"> - DocBook"> - SGML"> -]> - - - - - -
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- - Jon - Masters - - 2010-03-01 - - - modinfo - 8 - - - modinfo program to show information about a Linux Kernel module - - - - modinfo - - - - modulename|filename - - - modinfo -V - - - modinfo -h - - - - DESCRIPTION - - modinfo extracts information from the Linux - Kernel modules given on the command line. If the module name is - not a filename, then the - /lib/modules/version - directory is searched, as is also done by - modprobe8 when loading kernel modules. - - - modinfo by default lists each attribute - of the module in form fieldname : - value, for easy reading. The - filename is listed the same way (although it's not really an - attribute). - - - This version of modinfo can understand - modules of any Linux Kernel architecture. - - - OPTIONS - - - - - - - Print the modinfo version. - - - - - - - - - Only print this field value, one per line. This is most - useful for scripts. Field names are case-insenitive. - Common fields (which may not be in every module) include - author, description, - license, parm, - depends, and alias. - There are often multiple parm, - alias and depends - fields. The special field filename - lists the filename of the module. - - - - - - - - - Provide information about a kernel other than the running one. This - is particularly useful for distributions needing to extract - information from a newly installed (but not yet running) set of - kernel modules. For example, you wish to find which firmware files - are needed by various modules in a new kernel for which you must - make an initrd/initramfs image prior to booting. - - - - - - - - - Use the ASCII zero character to separate field values, - instead of a new line. This is useful for scripts, since - a new line can theoretically appear inside a field. - - - - - - - - - These are shortcuts for author, - description, - license. parm and - filename respectively, to ease the - transition from the old modutils - modinfo. - - - - - - - COPYRIGHT - - This manual page originally Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM - Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others. - - - - SEE ALSO - - - modprobe8 - - - - - - diff --git a/man/modinfo.xml b/man/modinfo.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c5b55758 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/modinfo.xml @@ -0,0 +1,169 @@ + + + + + + modinfo + kmod + + + + Developer + Jon + Masters + jcm@jonmasters.org + + + Developer + Lucas + De Marchi + lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi + + + + + + modinfo + 8 + + + + modinfo + Show information about a Linux Kernel module + + + + + modinfo + + + + modulename|filename + + + modinfo -V + + + modinfo -h + + + + DESCRIPTION + + modinfo extracts information from the Linux Kernel + modules given on the command line. If the module name is not a filename, + then the + /lib/modules/version + directory is searched, as is also done by + modprobe8 + when loading kernel modules. + + + modinfo by default lists each attribute of the module + in form fieldname : + value, for easy reading. The filename is + listed the same way (although it's not really an attribute). + + + This version of modinfo can understand modules of any + Linux Kernel architecture. + + + + OPTIONS + + + + + + + + + Print the modinfo version. + + + + + + + + + + + Only print this field value, one per line. This is most useful for + scripts. Field names are case-insenitive. Common fields (which + may not be in every module) include author, + description, license, + parm, depends, and + alias. There are often multiple + parm, alias and + depends fields. The special field + filename lists the filename of the module. + + + + + + + + + + Provide information about a kernel other than the running one. This + is particularly useful for distributions needing to extract + information from a newly installed (but not yet running) set of + kernel modules. For example, you wish to find which firmware files + are needed by various modules in a new kernel for which you must + make an initrd/initramfs image prior to booting. + + + + + + + + + + + Use the ASCII zero character to separate field values, instead of a + new line. This is useful for scripts, since a new line can + theoretically appear inside a field. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + These are shortcuts for author, + description, license. + parm and filename + respectively, to ease the transition from the old modutils + modinfo. + + + + + + + COPYRIGHT + + This manual page originally Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM + Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others. + + + + SEE ALSO + + + modprobe8 + + + +