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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man8/modinfo.8 b/upstream/archlinux/man8/modinfo.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6c1fad93 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man8/modinfo.8 @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +'\" t +.\" Title: modinfo +.\" Author: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org> +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 02/09/2023 +.\" Manual: modinfo +.\" Source: kmod +.\" Language: English +.\" +.TH "MODINFO" "8" "02/09/2023" "kmod" "modinfo" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * Define some portability stuff +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 +.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html +.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq +.el .ds Aq ' +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.SH "NAME" +modinfo \- Show information about a Linux Kernel module +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP \w'\fBmodinfo\fR\ 'u +\fBmodinfo\fR [\fB\-0\fR] [\fB\-F\ \fR\fB\fIfield\fR\fR] [\fB\-k\ \fR\fB\fIkernel\fR\fR] [modulename|filename...] +.HP \w'\fBmodinfo\ \-V\fR\ 'u +\fBmodinfo \-V\fR +.HP \w'\fBmodinfo\ \-h\fR\ 'u +\fBmodinfo \-h\fR +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBmodinfo\fR +extracts information from the Linux Kernel modules given on the command line\&. If the module name is not a filename, then the +/lib/modules/\fIversion\fR +directory is searched, as is also done by +\fBmodprobe\fR(8) +when loading kernel modules\&. +.PP +\fBmodinfo\fR +by default lists each attribute of the module in form +\fIfieldname\fR +: +\fIvalue\fR, for easy reading\&. The filename is listed the same way (although it\*(Aqs not really an attribute)\&. +.PP +This version of +\fBmodinfo\fR +can understand modules of any Linux Kernel architecture\&. +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +.RS 4 +Print the modinfo version\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-field\fR +.RS 4 +Only print this field value, one per line\&. This is most useful for scripts\&. Field names are case\-insensitive\&. Common fields (which may not be in every module) include +author, +description, +license, +parm, +depends, and +alias\&. There are often multiple +parm, +alias +and +depends +fields\&. The special field +filename +lists the filename of the module\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-b \fR\fB\fIbasedir\fR\fR, \fB\-\-basedir \fR\fB\fIbasedir\fR\fR +.RS 4 +Root directory for modules, +/ +by default\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-k \fR\fB\fIkernel\fR\fR +.RS 4 +Provide information about a kernel other than the running one\&. This is particularly useful for distributions needing to extract information from a newly installed (but not yet running) set of kernel modules\&. For example, you wish to find which firmware files are needed by various modules in a new kernel for which you must make an initrd/initramfs image prior to booting\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-0\fR, \fB\-\-null\fR +.RS 4 +Use the ASCII zero character to separate field values, instead of a new line\&. This is useful for scripts, since a new line can theoretically appear inside a field\&. +.RE +.PP +\fB\-a\fR \fB\-\-author\fR, \fB\-d\fR \fB\-\-description\fR, \fB\-l\fR \fB\-\-license\fR, \fB\-p\fR \fB\-\-parameters\fR, \fB\-n\fR \fB\-\-filename\fR +.RS 4 +These are shortcuts for the +\fB\-\-field\fR +flag\*(Aqs +author, +description, +license, +parm +and +filename +arguments, to ease the transition from the old modutils +\fBmodinfo\fR\&. +.RE +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +.PP +This manual page originally Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation\&. Maintained by Jon Masters and others\&. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBmodprobe\fR(8) +.SH "AUTHORS" +.PP +\fBJon Masters\fR <\&jcm@jonmasters\&.org\&> +.RS 4 +Developer +.RE +.PP +\fBLucas De Marchi\fR <\&lucas\&.de\&.marchi@gmail\&.com\&> +.RS 4 +Developer +.RE |