On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob La Quey wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Gus Wirth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Is there anything equivalent to man for modules? i.e. a quick >> reference for each module? > > You can see information about a module with modinfo. For example, to get > some usage information for the Intel e1000 ethernet module you would do: > > $ /sbin/modinfo e1000 > > > This only works for an actual module, not for something compiled into the > kernel directly. The information from modinfo isn't that much; it's a bare > minimum of what parameters the module takes when loaded. > > The only real authoritative description of a module is the source. Some > modules have better documentation in the source than others. Surprisingly, > most modules tend to be fairly small and you can get the gist of what they > are doing without too much effort if you've poked around the kernel at all. > > Another source of information is in the kernel source under the > Documentation directory. Lots of good stuff there but maybe not what you > need. > > Anything in particular you are interested in? >
Not really. Just idle curiosity. BobLQ > Gus > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
