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| author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2006-04-01 01:43:18 +0200 |
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| committer | Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> | 2006-04-01 01:43:18 +0200 |
| commit | a901ebb907e6aca38dc43417d6ce30f23651ea64 (patch) | |
| tree | 17b290cadf14ceaf19fc6660e84eb5a23e5269f8 /Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | |
| parent | 0ee9d71f02b19f87368ee99b73019bf9522c7bf8 (diff) | |
Doc/kernel-parameters.txt: mention modinfo and sysfs
Doc/kernel-parameters.txt: mention modinfo and sysfs
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 5746dee1eff..d057e9e74d3 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus 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: |