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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>
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Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
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20 | +This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command | |
21 | +"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable | |
22 | +module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also | |
23 | +reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these | |
24 | +parameters may be changed at runtime by the command | |
25 | +"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}". | |
26 | + | |
20 | 27 | The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the |
21 | 28 | restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The |
22 | 29 | restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: |