[deployment-guide/comm-rel: 303/727] Got rid of the Specifying Module Parameters section.
Jaromir Hradilek
jhradile at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 19 12:50:05 UTC 2010
commit b5bb911b7d3db27372b0e0f0cdf9d54dc77496e5
Author: Jaromir Hradilek <jhradile at redhat.com>
Date: Tue Aug 10 13:07:26 2010 +0200
Got rid of the Specifying Module Parameters section.
Its content has been moved to the Loading a Module subsection instead,
that is, right where it logically belongs.
en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml | 42 +++++++++++++++------------------
1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml b/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml
index 0c721f2..7f88202 100644
--- a/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml
+++ b/en-US/Working_with_Kernel_Modules.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,25 @@ insmod /lib/modules/2.6.32-54.el6.i686/kernel/drivers/net/e100.ko</screen>
<title>Important: Do Not Use <command>insmod</command> Directly</title>
<para>Although the <command>/sbin/insmod</command> command can also be used to load kernel modules, it does not resolve dependencies. Because of this, you should always use <command>modprobe</command> instead.</para>
</important>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>kernel module</primary>
+ <secondary>module parameters</secondary>
+ <tertiary>specifying</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>module parameters</primary>
+ <see>kernel module</see>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>kernel module</primary>
+ <secondary>module parameters</secondary>
+ <tertiary>supplying</tertiary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>In some situations, it may be desirable to customize the module behavior by supplying additional parameters to it. To do so, use the <command>modprobe</command>command in the following form:</para>
+ <screen><command>/sbin/modprobe <replaceable><module></replaceable> <replaceable><parameter></replaceable>...</command></screen>
+ <para>For example, to allow bad eeprom checksums and set the debug level to maximum for an Intel Ether Express/100 driver, type:</para>
+ <screen>~]# <command>/sbin/modprobe e100 eeprom_bad_csum_allow=1 debug=16</command></screen>
+ <para>Note that when a module parameter expects comma-separated values, you should <emphasis>not</emphasis> use speces after the commas. For a list of common module parameters, see <xref linkend="tb-modules-scsiparameters" /> and <xref linkend="tb-modules-ethernet" />.</para>
</section>
<section
id="s2-kernel-module-utils-rmmod">
@@ -267,29 +286,6 @@ fi</programlisting>
</note>
</section>
<section
- id="s1-modules-parameters-specifying">
- <title>Specifying Module Parameters</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>kernel module</primary>
- <secondary>module parameters</secondary>
- <tertiary>specifying</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>module parameters</primary>
- <see>kernel module</see>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>kernel module</primary>
- <secondary>module parameters</secondary>
- <tertiary>supplying</tertiary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>In some situations, it may be desirable to customize the module behavior by supplying additional parameters to it. To do so, use the <command>modprobe</command>command in the following form:</para>
- <screen><command>/sbin/modprobe <replaceable><module></replaceable> <replaceable><parameter></replaceable>...</command></screen>
- <para>For example, to allow bad eeprom checksums and set the debug level to maximum for an Intel Ether Express/100 driver, type:</para>
- <screen>~]# <command>/sbin/modprobe e100 eeprom_bad_csum_allow=1 debug=16</command></screen>
- <para>Note that when a module parameter expects comma-separated values, you should <emphasis>not</emphasis> use speces after the commas. For a list of common module parameters, see <xref linkend="tb-modules-scsiparameters" /> and <xref linkend="tb-modules-ethernet" />.</para>
- </section>
- <section
id="s1-modules-scsi">
<title>Storage Parameters</title>
<indexterm>
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