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| author | Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> | 2011-05-31 19:50:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> | 2011-05-31 19:50:15 -0400 |
| commit | cc5020f0b594d4775877913b1a87e61d67d3b88d (patch) | |
| tree | 510e189e976dbebaf72dd8e1337fcc58c5c13a59 | |
| parent | 03f12790940dc72c0f1d658204b96835b8ce3f7f (diff) | |
| download | module-init-tools-cc5020f0b594d4775877913b1a87e61d67d3b88d.tar.gz | |
doc: add documentation for modules.devname depmod files
Depmod has an ability to output a file named modules.devname containing
a list of all "devname" aliases provided by modules. This file is read by
a utility such as udev, which can create necessary devices in /dev.
Signed-off-by: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/depmod.sgml | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/depmod.sgml b/doc/depmod.sgml index 1c1de25..732ba8d 100644 --- a/doc/depmod.sgml +++ b/doc/depmod.sgml @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ <command>depmod</command> also creates a list of symbols provided by modules in the file named <filename>modules.symbols</filename> and its binary hashed version, <filename>modules.symbols.bin</filename>. + Finally, <command>depmod</command> will output a file named + <filename>modules.devname</filename> if modules supply special + device names (devname) that should be populated in /dev on boot + (by a utility such as udev). </para> <para> If a <replaceable>version</replaceable> is provided, then that |