From patchwork Mon Jul 8 13:43:17 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: 13726638 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 80A6613A405 for ; Mon, 8 Jul 2024 13:43:32 +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=1720446212; cv=none; b=UnEBKy0cbzZhI+SJeqSVUThs9DPElUlCVdEcKg3jrSaLblSJMb9DQFcBQgqyi+oJWLGx4c4BmLcx7uYCUkjkeOjqUNUMeTOaTfDaQe2xwvhJL4vNUAf2fZjbwqh49/44f7++7BDU1f7/mHToJJk0ZrvMHx5y855dAf2i7NwnH48= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1720446212; c=relaxed/simple; bh=vN8aMynDo9oMB4Na5YFX+R3h7UUtJkF92o5TyWM7hbg=; h=From:Date:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=JP8GZqnBD9ygLW3HpToNUA1fKn4+7e7oqxUMPcl8v0hPL8eR8BSacTGZq/flmGqhgbTd+AtIIR8tEtQiSDLDbBT9BKxLzzH9LnuW5Qkinv1AJNMaM8WaXF4AckiHWduHOXKCfNP/byJPqSQvrTmKEXr0ORJur8q7+sBWR5Pch+8= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=kwJelx70; 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="kwJelx70" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51AB2C4AF13; Mon, 8 Jul 2024 13:43:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1720446212; bh=vN8aMynDo9oMB4Na5YFX+R3h7UUtJkF92o5TyWM7hbg=; h=From:Date:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc:Reply-To:From; b=kwJelx70UJ7FKAy4qgnDwyLTyzBRHgCk9GnkpR1BqKoNENuQmBfp5XzyGPitM3+AH m9ipIbP1o6hX2OKe9wdYx7crcoaPiaa9MAezKVS7XVNDl6LzNL5kvvqodAcIKt6Q8G jtw+F4vf5mMZJp+e2TAVWX9LsCghHimh59OgUYXVN3IEo3NXXxydhI3GNo3RBPQoI6 aQ9RH5uZOWuPckDt9Qiu9se49QMVhPgGyMQox1IJs2WLMpPWXOIhxMDj8osyaLV52H EhhbLvm2Md1mc0tvaaOsdFmcXnkIhfJV4nftHEMI9E89/8lDhQ6IqyiXAFC/hjF7M+ GgPqgIKGXW3Lg== 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 4A71BC3DA46; Mon, 8 Jul 2024 13:43:32 +0000 (UTC) From: Emil Velikov via B4 Relay Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:43:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH kmod v2 09/17] 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: <20240708-man-v2-9-a23df6ef871e@gmail.com> References: <20240708-man-v2-0-a23df6ef871e@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20240708-man-v2-0-a23df6ef871e@gmail.com> To: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org Cc: Emil Velikov X-Mailer: b4 0.14.0 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; t=1720446209; l=1496; i=emil.l.velikov@gmail.com; s=20230301; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=83pOnT6yg/gw40nxC3Dd7S2ZNLn9m8aBas3g3i5wP+M=; b=461tCIdPUfs2zMojecEeXOvyCxRf+k8ix2HQ5qblwYjlVlY3KOW3WPHgs35BViLJ3A+XVqGef qZw17VsyCCdBPNPX6xtFdqa+YOS4PGpSUpLxWHjGEJzwCIiWg1Qt7v0 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 ddb1340..dc13ec7 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