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Date:      Fri, 30 Jul 1999 10:00:35 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.follo.net>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/12882: Incorrect wording in the linux(8) man page
Message-ID:  <199907300800.KAA11602@des.follo.net>

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>Number:         12882
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Incorrect wording in the linux(8) man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 30 01:10:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dag-Erling Smørgrav
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Yes Interactive
>Environment:

FreeBSD 3.x and 4.x.

>Description:

The linux(8) manual page talks about an inexistent Linux emulator, instead
of the Linux image activator.

>How-To-Repeat:

des@flood ~% whatis linux
linux(8) - load the Linux emulator kernel module

>Fix:
	
Index: sys/modules/linux/linux.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/modules/linux/linux.8,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 linux.8
--- linux.8	1999/04/23 16:12:03	1.5
+++ linux.8	1999/07/30 07:59:19
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@
 .Os FreeBSD
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm linux
-.Nd load the Linux emulator kernel module
+.Nd load the Linux image activator module
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm linux
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-utility loads the Linux emulator kernel module.
+utility loads the Linux image activator module.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /modules/linux.ko 
 .It Pa /modules/linux.ko
-Linux emulator loadable kernel module.
+Linux image activator loadable kernel module.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr kld 4 ,
 .Xr kldload 8 ,


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