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From: Emil Velikov via B4 Relay <devnull+emil.l.velikov.gmail.com@kernel.org>
To: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH kmod v2 14/17] man: modprobe: remove hard-coded /etc/modprobe.d references
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:43:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240708-man-v2-14-a23df6ef871e@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240708-man-v2-0-a23df6ef871e@gmail.com>

From: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>

Point the users to modprobe.d(5) instead.

Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
---
 man/modprobe.8.scd | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/modprobe.8.scd b/man/modprobe.8.scd
index 321fa59..30ccc21 100644
--- a/man/modprobe.8.scd
+++ b/man/modprobe.8.scd
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ modprobe - Add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
 that for convenience, there is no difference between \_ and - in module names
 (automatic underscore conversion is performed). *modprobe* looks in the module
 directory @DISTCONFDIR@/`uname -r` for all the modules and other files, except
-for the optional configuration files in the /etc/modprobe.d directory (see
-*modprobe.d*(5)). *modprobe* will also use module options specified on the
-kernel command line in the form of <module>.<option> and blacklists in the form
-of modprobe.blacklist=<module>.
+for the optional configuration files (see *modprobe.d*(5)). *modprobe* will also
+use module options specified on the kernel command line in the form of
+<module>.<option> and blacklists in the form of modprobe.blacklist=<module>.
 
 Note that unlike in 2.4 series Linux kernels (which are not supported by this
 tool) this version of *modprobe* does not do anything to the module itself: the
@@ -56,8 +55,8 @@ database.
 	by *udev*(7).
 
 *-C* _directory_, *--config* _directory_
-	This option overrides the default configuration directory
-	(/etc/modprobe.d).
+	This option overrides the default configuration directory. See
+	*modprobe.d*(5).
 
 	This option is passed through *install* or *remove* commands to other
 	*modprobe* commands in the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable.

-- 
2.45.2



  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-07-08 13:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-08 13:43 [PATCH kmod v2 00/17] man: minor improvements, post the scdoc conversion Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 01/17] man: add some extra bold/italic annotations Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 02/17] man: white space fixes Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 03/17] man: misc punctuation fixes Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 04/17] man: some options take an argument, mention that Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 05/17] man: couple of grammar/language fixes Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 06/17] man: stop removing DISTCONFDIR lines Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 07/17] man: depmod.d: document the config file order handling Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 08/17] man: depmod.d: factor out a CONFIGURATION FORMAT section Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 09/17] man: depmod.d: rework the opening description sentence Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-09  5:01   ` Lucas De Marchi
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 10/17] man: depmod: remove hard-coded /etc/depmod.d references Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 11/17] man: modprobe.d: document the config file order handling Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 12/17] man: modprobe.d: factor out a CONFIGURATION FORMAT section Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 13/17] man: add few mentions about MODPROBE_OPTIONS Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` Emil Velikov via B4 Relay [this message]
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 15/17] man: remove the "Maintained by" references Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 16/17] man: rework AUTHORS section Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-08 13:43 ` [PATCH kmod v2 17/17] man: list options one per line Emil Velikov via B4 Relay
2024-07-09  5:20 ` [PATCH kmod v2 00/17] man: minor improvements, post the scdoc conversion Lucas De Marchi

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