Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261538AbUKLLax (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:30:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262508AbUKLLax (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:30:53 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:18962 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261538AbUKLLat (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:30:49 -0500 Subject: Re: MODULE_PARM_DESC From: Arjan van de Ven To: Karel Kulhavy Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20041112112356.GA19304@beton.cybernet.src> References: <20041112112356.GA19304@beton.cybernet.src> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1100259041.4096.0.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.dwmw2.1) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 12:30:41 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.6 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.6 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 643 Lines: 18 On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 11:23 +0000, Karel Kulhavy wrote: > Hello > > I have discovered that (at least some) modules have MODULE_PARM_DESC > defined. > > Is this intended to be displayed somehow by userspace tools (like > modprobe --show-description, but nothing like this exists)? If yes, how > can I have this written out for an arbitrary module? yes; use the "modinfo" program not modprobe... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/