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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-08-02 09:17:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-08-02 09:17:48 +0000 |
| commit | 9045b44aa8e794b7a13cb6e2fe9b1779f34abd03 (patch) | |
| tree | 2e9a2f61c85207d681267e5ea2f734a3ea4e6dc7 /share/man/man4 | |
| parent | 5b3a5af14f2c6c2a6a3bb06638e618363dc2fc09 (diff) | |
fixes from Alexander Holupirek, documentation/5899:
- fix a typo in lkm.4 (different fix used)
- document securelevel(7) (again, different fix taken)
whilst here, some minor repair:
- no need to wrap section names in quotes
- tidy up FILES a little
- new sentence, new line
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/lkm.4 | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/lkm.4 b/share/man/man4/lkm.4 index 8f7270ab350..2d27be0de1c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/lkm.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/lkm.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: lkm.4,v 1.14 2007/05/31 19:19:50 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: lkm.4,v 1.15 2008/08/02 09:17:46 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: lkm.4,v 1.4 1994/11/30 16:22:22 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 2 2008 $ .Dt LKM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ programs. Users should never have to interact with .Pa /dev/lkm directly. -.Sh "MODULE TYPES" +The loading and unloading of modules is also +dependent on the system +.Xr securelevel 7 . +.Sh MODULE TYPES .Bl -tag -width indent .It System Call modules System calls may be replaced by loading @@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ drivers may be loaded into the system with .Nm LKM . The major problem with loading a device driver is that the driver's -device nodes must be exist for the +device nodes must exist for the devices to be accessed. They are usually created by instructing .Xr modload 8 @@ -112,16 +115,17 @@ whatever kernel data structures necessary to enable and disable the new module when it is loaded and unloaded. .El .Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /usr/include/sys/lkm.h -compact +.Bl -tag -width "/usr/include/sys/lkm.hXXX" -compact .It Pa /dev/lkm .Nm -interface device +interface device. .It Pa /usr/include/sys/lkm.h -file containing definitions of module types +File containing definitions of module types. .It Pa /usr/share/lkm -example source code implementing several of the modules types +Example source code implementing several of the modules types. .El .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr securelevel 7 , .Xr modload 8 , .Xr modstat 8 , .Xr modunload 8 |