From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 27 22:10:26 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D1116A41F for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:10:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A9DF43D48 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:10:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j7RMAPGu030261 for ; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:10:25 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j7RMAPrK030260; Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:10:25 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:10:25 GMT Message-Id: <200508272210.j7RMAPrK030260@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: "Julien Gabel" Cc: Subject: Re: docs/85356: [patch] Make it clear that the extention name of the module isn't needed with kldload(8). X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Julien Gabel List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:10:26 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/85356; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Julien Gabel" To: "Giorgos Keramidas" Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/85356: [patch] Make it clear that the extention name of the module isn't needed with kldload(8). Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:06:10 +0200 (CEST) ------=_20050828000610_39119 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> --- /usr/src/sbin/kldload/kldload.8 Mon Mar 3 23:48:06 2003 >> +++ /tmp/kldload.8 Sat Aug 27 19:31:22 2005 >> @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ >> into the kernel using the kernel linker. >> Note that if multiple modules are specified then an attempt will >> be made to load them all, even if some fail. >> +The >> +.Pa .ko >> +extension name is not yet mandatory when loading a given module >> +using >> +.Nm . >> +It doesn't hurt to keep it though. > Not ``yet''? You mean there are plans to make it mandatory? Ouch! Because i think it was necessary to keep the extension in the past, i wanted this to happear in the manual page: so i wanted to say "anymore", not "yet"... sorry for the mistake. But maybe it is not worth noting it. >> -Some modules (ipfw, ipf, etc.) may be automatically loaded at boot >> -time by having their operation enabled in >> +Some modules (lomac, pf, ipfw, ipf, etc.) may be automatically loaded >> +at boot time by having their operation enabled in >> .Xr rc.conf 5 . > The word ``operation'' is not very nice here. Modules may be required > for some ``feature'' but they don't ``operate'' on anything. Ok. I changed the sentence here, see the new attached diff please. -- -jpeg. ------=_20050828000610_39119 Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="kldload.8.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="kldload.8.diff" LS0tIC91c3Ivc3JjL3NiaW4va2xkbG9hZC9rbGRsb2FkLjgJTW9uIE1hciAgMyAyMzo0ODowNiAy MDAzCisrKyAvdG1wL2tsZGxvYWQuOAlTdW4gQXVnIDI4IDAwOjAyOjMxIDIwMDUKQEAgLTQzLDYg KzQzLDEyIEBACiBpbnRvIHRoZSBrZXJuZWwgdXNpbmcgdGhlIGtlcm5lbCBsaW5rZXIuCiBOb3Rl IHRoYXQgaWYgbXVsdGlwbGUgbW9kdWxlcyBhcmUgc3BlY2lmaWVkIHRoZW4gYW4gYXR0ZW1wdCB3 aWxsCiBiZSBtYWRlIHRvIGxvYWQgdGhlbSBhbGwsIGV2ZW4gaWYgc29tZSBmYWlsLgorVGhlCisu UGEgLmtvCitleHRlbnNpb24gbmFtZSBpcyBub3QgbWFuZGF0b3J5IGFueW1vcmUgd2hlbiBsb2Fk aW5nIGEgZ2l2ZW4gbW9kdWxlCit1c2luZworLk5tIC4KK0l0IGRvZXNuJ3QgaHVydCB0byBrZWVw IGl0IHRob3VnaC4KIC5QcAogVGhlIGZvbGxvd2luZyBvcHRpb24gaXMgYXZhaWxhYmxlOgogLkJs IC10YWcgLXdpZHRoIGluZGVudApAQCAtNTksOSArNjUsMTAgQEAKIC5TaCBESUFHTk9TVElDUwog LkV4IC1zdGQKIC5TaCBBVVRPTUFUSUNBTExZIExPQURJTkcgTU9EVUxFUwotU29tZSBtb2R1bGVz IChpcGZ3LCBpcGYsIGV0Yy4pIG1heSBiZSBhdXRvbWF0aWNhbGx5IGxvYWRlZCBhdCBib290Ci10 aW1lIGJ5IGhhdmluZyB0aGVpciBvcGVyYXRpb24gZW5hYmxlZCBpbgotLlhyIHJjLmNvbmYgNSAu CitTb21lIG1vZHVsZXMgKGxvbWFjLCBwZiwgaXBmdywgaXBmLCBldGMuKSBtYXkgYmUgYXV0b21h dGljYWxseSBsb2FkZWQKK2F0IGJvb3QgdGltZSB3aGVuIHRoZSBjb3JyZXNwb25kaW5nCisuWHIg cmMuY29uZiA1CitzdGF0ZW1lbnQgaXMgdXNlZC4KIE1vZHVsZXMgbWF5IGFsc28gYmUgYXV0by1s b2FkZWQgdGhyb3VnaCB0aGVpciBhZGRpdGlvbiB0bwogLlhyIGxvYWRlci5jb25mIDUgLgogLlNo IFNFRSBBTFNPCg== ------=_20050828000610_39119--