[PATCH] modprobe usage [was: Re: r12236]

[Yann E. MORIN]

Hi all!

On Tuesday 22 November 2005 085, Rob Landley wrote:
> > The help is wrong in that it should read:
> > "
> > modprobe [-knqrsv] MODULE [option ...]
> > "
> Submit a patch and I'll check it in...

Here is a patch to modprobe's usage.

The conf.modules file is deprecated, as man modprobe.old (pre-2.6) says. As of
2.6, modprobe uses modprobe.conf, and falls back to modules.conf, which is
what we currently do (good).

The usage describes what BB modprobe _ought_ to do, not what it is currently
doing. I'm preparing a list of problems with current modprobe. A post on that
later.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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