[PATCH] man/depmod.d: add external keyword description
From: Yauheni Kaliuta <hidden>
Date: 2017-07-20 14:09:52
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
The commit 'depmod: implement external directories support' added external directories support (see 7da6884e7357ac05772e90f6d7e63b1948103fc4). This patch documents the extention in the manpage. Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <redacted> --- man/depmod.d.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/depmod.d.xml b/man/depmod.d.xml
index c30c06c5b605..4341a568e8a0 100644
--- a/man/depmod.d.xml
+++ b/man/depmod.d.xml@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ first listed directory and the lowest priority given to the last directory listed. The special keyword <command>built-in</command> refers to the standard module directories installed by the kernel. + Another special keyword <command>external</command> refers to the + list of external directories, defined by the + <command>external</command> command. </para> <para> By default, depmod will give a higher priority to
@@ -110,6 +113,23 @@ </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>external <replaceable>kernelversion</replaceable> + <replaceable>absolutemodulesdirectory...</replaceable> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + This specifies a list of directories, which will be checked + according to the priorities in the <command>search</command> + command. The order matters also, the first directory has the higher + priority. + </para> + <para> + The <replaceable>kernelversion</replaceable> is a POSIX regular + expression or * wildcard, like in the <command>override</command>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> </refsect1>
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