Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932344AbWCMTZa (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:25:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932348AbWCMTZa (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:25:30 -0500 Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:31176 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932344AbWCMTZ3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:25:29 -0500 X-Envelope-From: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:22:04 +0100 (CET) From: Stefan Richter Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Doc/kernel-parameters.txt: mention modinfo and sysfs To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cc: Randy Dunlap In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=us-ascii Content-Disposition: INLINE X-Spam-Score: (-0.149) AWL,BAYES_40 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1231 Lines: 27 Doc/kernel-parameters.txt: mention modinfo and sysfs Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter --- linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.1 2006-03-13 19:32:28.000000000 +0100 +++ linux/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2006-03-13 19:57:52.000000000 +0100 @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ usbcore.blinkenlights=1 +This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command +"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable +module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also +reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these +parameters may be changed at runtime by the command +"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}". + The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: - 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/