From a901ebb907e6aca38dc43417d6ce30f23651ea64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 01:43:18 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] 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>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 5746dee1eff7e..d057e9e74d38b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
usbcore.blinkenlights=1
+This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
+"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
+module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
+reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these
+parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
+"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}".
+
The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description states the
restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The
restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
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