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Timestamp:
02/19/2005 10:16:42 PM (19 years ago)
Author:
Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>
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Trunk is now identical to Testing

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4648 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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  • chapter06/module-init-tools.xml

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    44  %general-entities;
    55]>
    6 <sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" xreflabel="Module-Init-Tools" role="wrap">
     6<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
    77<title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
    88<?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
    … …  
    1111
    1212<sect2 role="package"><title/>
     13<para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
     14modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
    1315
    1416<segmentedlist>
    … …  
    1820</segmentedlist>
    1921
     22<segmentedlist>
     23<segtitle>Module-Init-Tools installation depends on</segtitle>
     24<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison,
     25Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
     26</segmentedlist>
    2027</sect2>
    2128
    … …  
    3138<screen><userinput>make DOCBOOKTOMAN=""</userinput></screen>
    3239
     40<!-- Edit me -->
     41<para>The <command>DOCBOOKTOMAN</command> option allows the compile process to
     42complete without regenerating the man pages.</para>
     43
    3344<para>To test the results, issue:
    3445<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
    3546
    36 <para>Install it:</para>
     47<para>Install the package:</para>
    3748
    3849<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    … …  
    4354<sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
    4455
    45 <para>See testing</para>
     56<segmentedlist>
     57<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
     58<seglistitem><seg>depmod, genksyms, insmod,
     59insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms
     60(link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to
     61insmod), and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg></seglistitem>
     62</segmentedlist>
     63
     64<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
     65<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
     66
     67<varlistentry id="depmod">
     68<term><command>depmod</command></term>
     69<listitem>
     70<para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the
     71existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by <command>modprobe</command> to
     72automatically load the required modules</para>
     73<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm>
     74</listitem>
     75</varlistentry>
     76
     77<varlistentry id="genksyms">
     78<term><command>genksyms</command></term>
     79<listitem>
     80<para>Generates symbol version information</para>
     81<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm>
     82</listitem>
     83</varlistentry>
     84
     85<varlistentry id="insmod">
     86<term><command>insmod</command></term>
     87<listitem>
     88<para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
     89<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm>
     90</listitem>
     91</varlistentry>
     92
     93<varlistentry id="insmod_ksymoops_clean">
     94<term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term>
     95<listitem>
     96<para>Deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days</para>
     97<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm>
     98</listitem>
     99</varlistentry>
     100
     101<varlistentry id="kallsyms">
     102<term><command>kallsyms</command></term>
     103<listitem>
     104<para>Extracts all kernel symbols for debugging</para>
     105<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
     106</listitem>
     107</varlistentry>
     108
     109<varlistentry id="kernelversion">
     110<term><command>kernelversion</command></term>
     111<listitem>
     112<para>Reports the major version of the running kernel</para>
     113<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm>
     114</listitem>
     115</varlistentry>
     116
     117<varlistentry id="ksyms">
     118<term><command>ksyms</command></term>
     119<listitem>
     120<para>Displays exported kernel symbols</para>
     121<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm>
     122</listitem>
     123</varlistentry>
     124
     125<varlistentry id="lsmod">
     126<term><command>lsmod</command></term>
     127<listitem>
     128<para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
     129<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm>
     130</listitem>
     131</varlistentry>
     132
     133<varlistentry id="modinfo">
     134<term><command>modinfo</command></term>
     135<listitem>
     136<para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
     137displays any information that it can glean</para>
     138<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm>
     139</listitem>
     140</varlistentry>
     141
     142<varlistentry id="modprobe">
     143<term><command>modprobe</command></term>
     144<listitem>
     145<para>Uses a dependency file, created by
     146<command>depmod</command>, to automatically load relevant modules</para>
     147<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm>
     148</listitem>
     149</varlistentry>
     150
     151<varlistentry id="rmmod">
     152<term><command>rmmod</command></term>
     153<listitem>
     154<para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
     155<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm>
     156</listitem>
     157</varlistentry>
     158</variablelist>
    46159
    47160</sect2>
    48161
    49162</sect1>
     163
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