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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/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-kmod" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="kmod.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>kmod</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&kmod-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&kmod-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Kmod-&kmod-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Kmod">Kmod</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The Kmod package contains libraries and utilities for loading kernel
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27 | modules</para>
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28 |
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29 | <segmentedlist>
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30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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32 |
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33 | <seglistitem>
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34 | <seg>&kmod-fin-sbu;</seg>
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35 | <seg>&kmod-fin-du;</seg>
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36 | </seglistitem>
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37 | </segmentedlist>
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38 |
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39 | </sect2>
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40 |
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41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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42 | <title>Installation of Kmod</title>
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43 |
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44 | <para>Prepare Kmod for compilation:</para>
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45 |
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46 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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47 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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48 | --with-xz \
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49 | --with-zstd \
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50 | --with-zlib</userinput></screen>
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51 |
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52 | <variablelist>
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53 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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54 |
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55 | <varlistentry>
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56 | <term><parameter>--with-xz, --with-zlib, --with-zstd</parameter></term>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>These options enable Kmod to handle compressed kernel modules.</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | </varlistentry>
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61 |
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62 | </variablelist>
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63 |
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64 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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65 |
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66 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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67 |
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68 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite that can be run in the
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69 | LFS chroot environment. At a minimum the git program is required and
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70 | several tests will not run outside of a git repository. </para>
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71 |
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72 | <para>Install the package and create symlinks for
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73 | compatibility with Module-Init-Tools (the package that previously handled
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74 | Linux kernel modules):</para>
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75 |
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76 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
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77 |
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78 | for target in depmod insmod modinfo modprobe rmmod; do
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79 | ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /usr/sbin/$target
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80 | done
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81 |
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82 | ln -sfv kmod /usr/bin/lsmod</userinput></screen>
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83 |
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84 | </sect2>
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85 |
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86 | <sect2 id="contents-kmod" role="content">
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87 | <title>Contents of Kmod</title>
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88 |
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89 | <segmentedlist>
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90 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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91 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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92 |
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93 | <seglistitem>
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94 | <seg>depmod (link to kmod), insmod (link to kmod), kmod,
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95 | lsmod (link to kmod), modinfo (link to kmod), modprobe (link to kmod),
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96 | and rmmod (link to kmod)</seg>
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97 | <seg>libkmod.so</seg>
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98 | </seglistitem>
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99 | </segmentedlist>
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100 |
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101 | <variablelist>
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102 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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103 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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104 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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105 |
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106 | <varlistentry id="depmod">
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107 | <term><command>depmod</command></term>
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108 | <listitem>
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109 | <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the
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110 | existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
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111 | <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
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112 | modules</para>
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113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod depmod">
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114 | <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</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-kmod 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="kmod">
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130 | <term><command>kmod</command></term>
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131 | <listitem>
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132 | <para>Loads and unloads kernel modules</para>
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133 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod kmod">
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134 | <primary sortas="b-kmod">kmod</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-kmod 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-kmod 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-kmod 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-kmod 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 | <varlistentry id="libkmod">
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182 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libkmod</filename></term>
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183 | <listitem>
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184 | <para>This library is used by other programs to load and unload kernel
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185 | modules</para>
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186 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod">
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187 | <primary sortas="c-libkmod">libkmod</primary>
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188 | </indexterm>
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189 | </listitem>
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190 | </varlistentry>
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191 |
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192 | </variablelist>
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193 |
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194 | </sect2>
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195 |
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196 | </sect1>
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197 |
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