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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
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| 21 | modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <segmentedlist>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 25 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <seglistitem>
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| 28 | <seg>&module-init-tools-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 29 | <seg>&module-init-tools-ch6-du;</seg>
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| 30 | </seglistitem>
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| 31 | </segmentedlist>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | </sect2>
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| 34 |
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| 35 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 36 | <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>First correct a potential problem when modules are specified
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| 39 | using regular expressions:</para>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../module-init-tools-&module-init-tools-version;-modeprobe-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>Issue the following commands to perform the tests (note that the
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| 44 | <command>make distclean</command> command is required to clean up the source
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| 45 | tree, as the source gets recompiled as part of the testing process):</para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <screen><userinput>./configure &&
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| 48 | make check &&
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| 49 | make distclean</userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/ --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <screen><userinput>make INSTALL=install install</userinput></screen>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <variablelist>
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| 64 | <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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| 65 | <varlistentry>
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| 66 | <term><parameter>INSTALL=install</parameter></term>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>Normally, <command>make install</command> will not install the
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| 69 | binaries if they already exist. This option overrides that behavior by
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| 70 | calling <command>install</command> instead of using the default
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| 71 | wrapper script.</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </varlistentry>
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| 74 | </variablelist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | </sect2>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content">
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| 79 | <title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <segmentedlist>
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| 82 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <seglistitem>
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| 85 | <seg>depmod, generate-modprobe.conf, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod,
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| 86 | modinfo, modprobe, and rmmod</seg>
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| 87 | </seglistitem>
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| 88 | </segmentedlist>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <variablelist>
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 92 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 93 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <varlistentry id="depmod">
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| 96 | <term><command>depmod</command></term>
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| 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the
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| 99 | existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
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| 100 | <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
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| 101 | modules</para>
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| 102 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod">
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| 103 | <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary>
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| 104 | </indexterm>
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| 105 | </listitem>
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| 106 | </varlistentry>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <varlistentry id="generate-modprobe.conf">
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| 109 | <term><command>generate-modprobe.conf</command></term>
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| 110 | <listitem>
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| 111 | <para>Creates a modprobe.conf file from an existing 2.2 or 2.4 module
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| 112 | setup</para>
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| 113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools generate-modprobe.conf">
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| 114 | <primary sortas="b-generate-modprobe.conf">generate-modprobe.conf</primary>
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| 115 | </indexterm>
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| 116 | </listitem>
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| 117 | </varlistentry>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <varlistentry id="insmod">
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| 120 | <term><command>insmod</command></term>
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| 121 | <listitem>
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| 122 | <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
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| 123 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod">
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| 124 | <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary>
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| 125 | </indexterm>
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| 126 | </listitem>
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| 127 | </varlistentry>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <varlistentry id="insmod.static">
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| 130 | <term><command>insmod.static</command></term>
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| 131 | <listitem>
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| 132 | <para>A statically compiled version of <command>insmod</command></para>
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| 133 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static">
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| 134 | <primary sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary>
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| 135 | </indexterm>
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| 136 | </listitem>
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| 137 | </varlistentry>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <varlistentry id="lsmod">
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| 140 | <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
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| 141 | <listitem>
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| 142 | <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
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| 143 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod">
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| 144 | <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary>
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| 145 | </indexterm>
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| 146 | </listitem>
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| 147 | </varlistentry>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <varlistentry id="modinfo">
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| 150 | <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
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| 153 | displays any information that it can glean</para>
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| 154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo">
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| 155 | <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary>
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| 156 | </indexterm>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | </varlistentry>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <varlistentry id="modprobe">
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| 161 | <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>Uses a dependency file, created by
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| 164 | <command>depmod</command>, to automatically load relevant modules</para>
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| 165 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe">
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| 166 | <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary>
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| 167 | </indexterm>
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| 168 | </listitem>
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| 169 | </varlistentry>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="rmmod">
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| 172 | <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
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| 175 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod">
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| 176 | <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary>
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| 177 | </indexterm>
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| 178 | </listitem>
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| 179 | </varlistentry>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | </variablelist>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | </sect2>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | </sect1>
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