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author | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-12 02:06:34 +0000 |
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committer | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-10-12 02:06:34 +0000 |
commit | 591edbb0220d734f46a6753388eab77bd7e2eb27 (patch) | |
tree | e7cc4cf58b10ab54548d386cfe68e2e4505e8888 /usr.sbin | |
parent | 32df8d94ccc3995e4363fa3150546a3c1709eb75 (diff) | |
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Write a real man page.
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/kldxref/Makefile b/usr.sbin/kldxref/Makefile index 0fa6c4c..4bb374d 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/kldxref/Makefile +++ b/usr.sbin/kldxref/Makefile @@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ PROG= kldxref SRCS= kldxref.c ef.c -NOMAN= +MAN= kldxref.8 .include <bsd.prog.mk> diff --git a/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.8 b/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.8 index f0866dc..90ed39d 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/kldxref/kldxref.8 @@ -1,25 +1,94 @@ -$FreeBSD$ - -[DRAFT] - -kldxref(8) used to generate linker.hints file which contains list of -modules, their version numbers and container KLDs. This file used by loader -and kernel linker. - -Each directory with KLDs should have its own linker.hints file. - -Typical invocation of kldxref utility may look like this: - -kldxref /boot/kernel /modules - -which will build hints file in both directories. - -A recursive behaviour can be specified with -R option: - -kldxref /boot - -If no hint records written, hints file will not be created and old file -will be removed. - -If -d flag specified then no files generated and program prints metadata -records to stdout. +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Boris Popov +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd October 9, 2001 +.Dt KLDXREF 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kldxref +.Nd genereate hints for the kernel loader +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl Rdv +.Op Fl f Ar file +.Op Ar path ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +command is used to generate hint files which list modules, their +version numbers, and the files that contains them. +These hints are used by the kernel loader to determine where to find a +particular KLD module. +.Pp +A separate hint file is generated for each directory listed on the +command line that contains modules. +If no hint records are generated for a particular directory, no hint +file is created, and the preexisting hint file (if there was one in +that directory) is removed. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width Fl +.It Fl R +Recurse into subdirectories. +.It Fl d +Don't generate a hint file, but print module metadata on standard +output. +.It Fl f Ar file +Specify a different name for the hint files than +.Pa linker.hints . +.It Fl v +Operate in verbose mode. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +To build hint files for both standard and add-on modules: +.Pp +.Dl kldxref /boot/kernel /modules +.Pp +To build hint files for all installed kernels: +.Pp +.Dl kldxref -R /boot +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kld 4 , +.Xr kldconfig 8 , +.Xr kldload 8 , +.Xr kldstat 8 , +.Xr kldunload 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command first appeared in +.Fx 5.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +command was implemented by +.An Boris Popov Aq bp@FreeBSD.org . +This manual page was written by +.An Boris Popov Aq bp@FreeBSD.org +and +.An Dag-Erling Co\(:idan Sm\(/orgrav Aq des@FreeBSD.org . |