[system-administrators-guide/draft] kmod replacing module-init-tools

stephenw stephenw at fedoraproject.org
Tue Mar 18 20:32:08 UTC 2014


commit 652478306e8f7aef2263acd8341f0093c56478ed
Author: Stephen Wadeley <swadeley at redhat.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 7 09:35:33 2014 +0100

    kmod replacing module-init-tools

 en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml |   14 +++++++-------
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml b/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml
index d26367b..b4345e3 100644
--- a/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml
+++ b/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
           class="filesystem">NFS</systemitem>.</para>
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
-  <para>Like the kernel itself, modules can take parameters that customize their behavior, though the default parameters work well in most cases. User-space tools can list the modules currently loaded into a running kernel; query all available modules for available parameters and module-specific information; and load or unload (remove) modules dynamically into or from a running kernel. Many of these utilities, which are provided by the <package>module-init-tools</package> package, take module dependencies into account when performing operations so that manual dependency-tracking is rarely necessary.</para>
-  <para>On modern systems, kernel modules are automatically loaded by various mechanisms when the conditions call for it. However, there are occasions when it is necessary to load and/or unload modules manually, such as when a module provides optional functionality, one module should be preferred over another although either could provide basic functionality, or when a module is misbehaving, among other situations.</para>
+  <para>Like the kernel itself, modules can take parameters that customize their behavior, though the default parameters work well in most cases. User-space tools can list the modules currently loaded into a running kernel; query all available modules for available parameters and module-specific information; and load or unload (remove) modules dynamically into or from a running kernel. Many of these utilities, which are provided by the <package>kmod</package> package, take module dependencies into account when performing operations so that manual dependency-tracking is rarely necessary.</para>
+  <para>On modern systems, kernel modules are automatically loaded by various mechanisms when the conditions call for it. However, there are occasions when it is necessary to load or unload modules manually, such as when one module is preferred over another although either could provide basic functionality, or when a module is misbehaving.</para>
   <para>This chapter explains how to:</para>
   <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
-      <para>use the user-space <package>module-init-tools</package> package to display, query, load and unload kernel modules and their dependencies; </para>
+      <para>use the user-space <application>kmod</application> utilities to display, query, load and unload kernel modules and their dependencies; </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
       <para>set module parameters both dynamically on the command line and permanently so that you can customize the behavior of your kernel modules; and,</para>
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
     </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
   <note>
-    <title>Installing the module-init-tools package</title>
-    <para>In order to use the kernel module utilities described in this chapter, first ensure the module-init-tools package is installed on your system by running, as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
-    <screen><command>yum install module-init-tools</command>
+    <title>Installing the kmod package</title>
+    <para>In order to use the kernel module utilities described in this chapter, first ensure the <package>kmod</package> package is installed on your system by running, as root:</para>
+    <screen>~]#&nbsp;<command>yum install kmod</command>
     </screen>
     <para>For more information on installing packages with Yum, refer to <xref
         linkend="sec-Installing"/>.</para>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ kvm                   253162  1 kvm_intel
     <note
       id="note-Module_names_do_not_end_in_.ko">
       <title>Module names do not end in .ko</title>
-      <para>When entering the name of a kernel module as an argument to one of the <package>module-init-tools</package> utilities, do not append a <filename>.ko</filename> extension to the end of the name. Kernel module names do not have extensions: their corresponding files do.</para>
+      <para>When entering the name of a kernel module as an argument to one of the <application>kmod</application> utilities, do not append a <filename>.ko</filename> extension to the end of the name. Kernel module names do not have extensions; their corresponding files do.</para>
     </note>
     <example
       id="ex-Listing_information_about_a_kernel_module_with_lsmod">


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