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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[752f4e5] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
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[9dfc02f] | 7 | <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools"><primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary></indexterm>
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| 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[9dfc02f] | 13 | <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
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| 14 | modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
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| 15 |
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[a001133] | 16 | <segmentedlist>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>650 KB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 20 | </segmentedlist>
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[9dfc02f] | 21 |
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[a001133] | 22 | <segmentedlist>
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| 23 | <segtitle>Module-Init-Tools installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 24 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison,
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[69993f4] | 25 | Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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[a001133] | 26 | </segmentedlist>
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| 27 | </sect2>
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[9dfc02f] | 28 |
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[a001133] | 29 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[9dfc02f] | 30 | <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 37 |
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[407d336] | 38 | <screen><userinput>make DOCBOOKTOMAN=""</userinput></screen>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <!-- Edit me -->
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| 41 | <para>The <command>DOCBOOKTOMAN</command> option allows the compile process to
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| 42 | complete without regenerating the man pages.</para>
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[9dfc02f] | 43 |
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| 44 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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| 45 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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| 46 |
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[ef13657] | 47 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[9dfc02f] | 48 |
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| 49 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | </sect2>
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| 52 |
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| 53 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 54 | <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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[9dfc02f] | 55 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 56 | <segmentedlist>
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| 57 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 58 | <seglistitem><seg>depmod, genksyms, insmod,
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[9dfc02f] | 59 | insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms
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[69993f4] | 60 | (link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to
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| 61 | insmod), and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg></seglistitem>
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[c6cb3aa] | 62 | </segmentedlist>
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[9dfc02f] | 63 |
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[2256873] | 64 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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[3ed279f] | 65 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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[9dfc02f] | 66 |
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[b8a819f] | 67 | <varlistentry id="depmod">
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| 68 | <term><command>depmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 69 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 70 | <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the
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| 71 | existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by <command>modprobe</command> to
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| 72 | automatically load the required modules</para>
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[3ed279f] | 73 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 76 |
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[b8a819f] | 77 | <varlistentry id="genksyms">
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| 78 | <term><command>genksyms</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 79 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 80 | <para>Generates symbol version information</para>
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[3ed279f] | 81 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 82 | </listitem>
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| 83 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 84 |
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[b8a819f] | 85 | <varlistentry id="insmod">
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| 86 | <term><command>insmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 87 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 88 | <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
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[3ed279f] | 89 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 90 | </listitem>
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| 91 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 92 |
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[b8a819f] | 93 | <varlistentry id="insmod_ksymoops_clean">
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| 94 | <term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 95 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 96 | <para>Deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days</para>
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[3ed279f] | 97 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 98 | </listitem>
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| 99 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 100 |
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[b8a819f] | 101 | <varlistentry id="kallsyms">
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| 102 | <term><command>kallsyms</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 103 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 104 | <para>Extracts all kernel symbols for debugging</para>
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[3ed279f] | 105 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 108 |
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[b8a819f] | 109 | <varlistentry id="kernelversion">
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| 110 | <term><command>kernelversion</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 111 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 112 | <para>Reports the major version of the running kernel</para>
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[3ed279f] | 113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 116 |
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[b8a819f] | 117 | <varlistentry id="ksyms">
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| 118 | <term><command>ksyms</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 119 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 120 | <para>Displays exported kernel symbols</para>
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[3ed279f] | 121 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 122 | </listitem>
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| 123 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 124 |
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[b8a819f] | 125 | <varlistentry id="lsmod">
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| 126 | <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 127 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 128 | <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
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[3ed279f] | 129 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 130 | </listitem>
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| 131 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 132 |
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[b8a819f] | 133 | <varlistentry id="modinfo">
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| 134 | <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 135 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 136 | <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
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| 137 | displays any information that it can glean</para>
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[3ed279f] | 138 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 139 | </listitem>
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| 140 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 141 |
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[b8a819f] | 142 | <varlistentry id="modprobe">
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| 143 | <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 144 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 145 | <para>Uses a dependency file, created by
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| 146 | <command>depmod</command>, to automatically load relevant modules</para>
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[3ed279f] | 147 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 150 |
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[b8a819f] | 151 | <varlistentry id="rmmod">
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| 152 | <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 153 | <listitem>
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[2256873] | 154 | <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
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[3ed279f] | 155 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 | </variablelist>
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[9dfc02f] | 159 |
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| 160 | </sect2>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | </sect1>
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