Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-06

Re: kmod documentation issue -- module parameters must after modulename

From: Honggang LI <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-06 03:06:27

On Sat, Jun 04, 2016 at 11:07:14AM -0300, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Honggang LI [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
upstream-git]$ git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
upstream-git]$ cd kmod
kmod]$ grep -w -n fred -r .
./man/modprobe.d.xml:144:            This can be useful because users expect "modprobe fred opt=1" to
                                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
./man/modprobe.d.xml:148:            --ignore-install fred $CMDLINE_OPTS"
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"modprobe fred opt=1" should be "modprobe opt=1 fred"
"fred $CMDLINE_OPTS" should be "$CMDLINE_OPTS fred"
Have you tried that? The doc is actually correct that the options
Sorry, it is my bad.
should be after the module name, not before. And it *is* the modprobe
behavior: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git/tree/tools/modprobe.c#n591



Lucas De Marchi
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