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diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 index 3bec150..abebb76 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/rc.subr.8 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 21, 2006 +.Dd December 27, 2006 .Dt RC.SUBR 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -523,19 +523,47 @@ Defaults to the value of .Va command . .It Va required_dirs Check for the existence of the listed directories -before running the default +before running the .Cm start method. .It Va required_files Check for the readability of the listed files -before running the default +before running the .Cm start method. +.It Va required_modules +Ensure that the listed kernel modules are loaded +before running the +.Cm start +method. +This is done after invoking the commands from +.Va start_precmd +so that the missing modules are not loaded in vain +if the preliminary commands indicate a error condition. +A word in the list can have an optional +.Dq Li : Ns Ar modname +or +.Dq Li ~ Ns Ar pattern +suffix. +The +.Ar modname +or +.Ar pattern +parameter is passed to +.Ic load_kld +through a +.Fl m +or +.Fl e +option, respectively. +See the description of +.Ic load_kld +in this document for details. .It Va required_vars Perform .Ic checkyesno on each of the list variables -before running the default +before running the .Cm start method. .It Va ${name}_chdir |
