From patchwork Tue Jun 11 15:05:13 2024 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Emil Velikov via B4 Relay X-Patchwork-Id: 13693900 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E661A3BBC0 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:05:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718118305; cv=none; b=KjBGDE/CgeB9aJ+zzOgSxP4T2p6OpL9KyCowpXa2xYBtiytacfFmCJBCwy5z0p46KXkzVw2Pv+58QwgH1yFWPXvuQFjhEb1FLjophFcIAvVpKEUGWv8kRyysujVzMewctCIViUhTiF28FfNpEF9KrJHStG+IQ3E11i+LHnMAZYA= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1718118305; c=relaxed/simple; bh=iJZzq9xnF7uLl3q4PtecIxRNT21kCYBanhMLJLH2puI=; h=From:Date:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=QaxpUm4/DBuNsAOTJCzaZ2n/DGxaqcIhfBbmnqmfoJYkEK1ca0AxFX7a/YhoJUwHp6JutbhnCBqpg5VFLwaJ95AyoynTUtedIRrOEyIoRjnqhTHX09eROscDVr/I7vFkhv2uCXUao+Zn/kgLHklLILEn1n4k8Iq8lRc8ffebd4Q= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=bzu+T0HO; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="bzu+T0HO" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAFEFC4AF4D; Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:05:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1718118304; bh=iJZzq9xnF7uLl3q4PtecIxRNT21kCYBanhMLJLH2puI=; h=From:Date:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:Reply-To:From; b=bzu+T0HOUPG7t/cFYnhvyf5cTDMC1BrJzKezgomUV7ukQ5ejtVHniRLCQmlJlkg9d qk+I5BTj9twqm0c1HJHJggHQSmlDSC+NmifgDflbLGIV+6cX1AT9oiH4ZvgngX+2i7 CnjVbBvBp6KBqrr+JW3aPFfYhnwCXGPNrC1H/66kM7hBI6f7uMKeDnu3CpMc9tDle/ 4EnPJIwcTrE+LXA+j/wbjieZLYADhXXOUkOlIIYbXBTsQ5tFFUkS2jg5H7+FTgxyLR 2aEY9jdU0jI7yvwIcEMx9/j8McrCB9p1Ja4cHu+ScDdNRdIQUJX3XeiHmwfjsxhzrh O6mHfKNzCAjBw== Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C27C1C27C75; Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:05:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Emil Velikov via B4 Relay Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:05:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH kmod 13/20] man: depmod.d: rework the opening description sentence Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20240611-man-v1-13-bd6864d49639@gmail.com> References: <20240611-man-v1-0-bd6864d49639@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20240611-man-v1-0-bd6864d49639@gmail.com> To: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org Cc: Emil Velikov X-Mailer: b4 0.13.0 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; t=1718118301; l=1496; i=emil.l.velikov@gmail.com; s=20230301; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=CC3VtFG0ohs9KqbnH8/8wWXFS/IpcTQJ8DAdXpdS4kQ=; b=3vA7bfld4m7uJads9bdnBFDqH9rT+A8d+d+DvtqLgZoTKs+f9auUcLgx5tdQF8a+QQeYJUxjz uCHmD3zTcHODcMODfktJqxsAPpz83Fd7GSpIrhFrmHmpm8Lun86vFjF X-Developer-Key: i=emil.l.velikov@gmail.com; a=ed25519; pk=qeUTVTNyI3rcR2CfNNWsloTihgzmtbZo98GdxwZKCkY= X-Endpoint-Received: by B4 Relay for emil.l.velikov@gmail.com/20230301 with auth_id=35 X-Original-From: Emil Velikov Reply-To: emil.l.velikov@gmail.com From: Emil Velikov Use a slightly longer, more gradual introduction. Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov --- Lucas, I'm reading the first sentence and struggling a bit. What does the "global or per-module" refer to? Thanks in advance o/ --- man/depmod.d.5.scd | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/depmod.d.5.scd b/man/depmod.d.5.scd index ef57aac..0950790 100644 --- a/man/depmod.d.5.scd +++ b/man/depmod.d.5.scd @@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ depmod.d - Configuration directory for depmod # DESCRIPTION -The order in which modules are processed by the *depmod* command can be altered -on a global or per-module basis. This is typically useful in cases where -built-in kernel modules are complemented by custom built versions of the same -and the user wishes to affect the priority of processing in order to override -the module version supplied by the kernel. +On execution *depmod* reads the configuration files from the above location and +based on that it processes the available modules and their dependencies. For +example: one can change the search order, exclude folders, override specific +module's location and more. + +This is typically useful in cases where built-in kernel modules are complemented +by custom built versions of the same and the user wishes to affect the priority +of processing in order to override the module version supplied by the kernel. # CONFIGURATION FORMAT