From: Emil Velikov Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 15:13:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: man: remove inconsistent ellipsis X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d3be477b1145125e11f67f72b6cf8c977650fb73;p=thirdparty%2Fkmod.git man: remove inconsistent ellipsis In a number of places we are using ellipsis to indicate plural/multiple instances. It's not fairly consistent plus we can live without them in my opinion. Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov Reviewed-by: Lucas De Marchi Link: https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/pull/pull/400 Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi --- diff --git a/man/depmod.8.scd b/man/depmod.8.scd index 1cb6cfc2..10bcfc8e 100644 --- a/man/depmod.8.scd +++ b/man/depmod.8.scd @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ depmod - Generate modules.dep and map files. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[*-F* _System.map_] [*-n*] [*-v*] [*-A*] [*-P* _prefix_] [*-w*] [_version_] *depmod* [*-e*] [*-E* _Module.symvers_] [*-F* _System.map_] [*-n*] [*-v*] [*-P* _prefix_] -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[*-w*] [_version_] [_filename_...] +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[*-w*] [_version_] [_filename_] # DESCRIPTION diff --git a/man/depmod.d.5.scd b/man/depmod.d.5.scd index cb8de4de..797a184f 100644 --- a/man/depmod.d.5.scd +++ b/man/depmod.d.5.scd @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ later). # COMMANDS -search _subdirectory..._ +search _subdirectory_ This allows you to specify the order in which @MODULE_DIRECTORY@ (or other configured module location) subdirectories will be processed by *depmod*. Directories are listed in order, with the highest priority @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ override _modulename_ _kernelversion_ _modulesubdirectory_ module location) will take priority over any likenamed module already provided by the kernel. -external _kernelversion_ _absolutemodulesdirectory..._ +external _kernelversion_ _absolutemodulesdirectory_ This specifies a list of directories, which will be checked according to the priorities in the *search* command. The order matters also, the first directory has the higher priority. diff --git a/man/kmod.8.scd b/man/kmod.8.scd index b196bc1d..c3c12543 100644 --- a/man/kmod.8.scd +++ b/man/kmod.8.scd @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kmod - Program to manage Linux Kernel modules # SYNOPSIS -*kmod* [*OPTIONS...*] [_COMMAND_] [*COMMAND_OPTIONS...*] +*kmod* [*OPTIONS*] [_COMMAND_] [*COMMAND_OPTIONS*] # DESCRIPTION diff --git a/man/modinfo.8.scd b/man/modinfo.8.scd index aefcee08..d69a4531 100644 --- a/man/modinfo.8.scd +++ b/man/modinfo.8.scd @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ modinfo - Show information about a Linux Kernel module # SYNOPSIS -*modinfo* [*-0*] [*-F* _field_] [*-k* _kernel_] modulename|filename... +*modinfo* [*-0*] [*-F* _field_] [*-k* _kernel_] modulename|filename *modinfo* *-V* diff --git a/man/modprobe.8.scd b/man/modprobe.8.scd index 2e0f3949..8c4cceae 100644 --- a/man/modprobe.8.scd +++ b/man/modprobe.8.scd @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ modprobe - Add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel # SYNOPSIS *modprobe* [*-v*] [*-V*] [*-C* _config-file_] [*-n*] [*-i*] [*-q*] [*-b*] _modulename_ -\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[_module parameters_...] +\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \[_module parameters_] -*modprobe* [*-r*] [*-v*] [*-n*] [*-i*] _modulename_... +*modprobe* [*-r*] [*-v*] [*-n*] [*-i*] _modulename_ *modprobe* [*-c*] diff --git a/man/modprobe.d.5.scd b/man/modprobe.d.5.scd index 5d028e23..40df89c7 100644 --- a/man/modprobe.d.5.scd +++ b/man/modprobe.d.5.scd @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ blacklist _modulename_ *blacklist* keyword indicates that all of that particular module's internal aliases are to be ignored. -install _modulename_ _command..._ +install _modulename_ _command_ This command instructs *modprobe* to run your command instead of inserting the module in the kernel as normal. The command can be any shell command: this allows you to do any kind of complex processing you @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ install _modulename_ _command..._ /sbin/modprobe barney; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install fred $CMDLINE_OPTS" -options _modulename_ _option..._ +options _modulename_ _option_ This command allows you to add options to the module _modulename_ (which might be an alias) every time it is inserted into the kernel: whether directly (using *modprobe* _modulename_) or because the module being @@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ options _modulename_ _option..._ All options are added together: they can come from an *option* for the module itself, for an alias, and on the command line. -remove _modulename_ _command..._ +remove _modulename_ _command_ This is similar to the *install* command above, except it is invoked when "modprobe -r" is run. -softdep _modulename_ pre: _modules..._ post: _modules..._ +softdep _modulename_ pre: _modules_ post: _modules_ The *softdep* command allows you to specify soft, or optional, module dependencies. _modulename_ can be used without these optional modules installed, but usually with some features missing. For example, a driver @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ softdep _modulename_ pre: _modules..._ post: _modules..._ Note: if there are *install* or *remove* commands with the same _modulename_ argument, *softdep* takes precedence. -weakdep _modulename_ _modules..._ +weakdep _modulename_ _modules_ The *weakdep* command allows you to specify weak module dependencies. Those are similar to pre softdep, with the difference that userspace doesn't attempt to load that dependency before the specified module.