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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd June 18, 2006
+.Dd December 20, 2006
.Os
.Dt ASF 8
.Sh NAME
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ This allows
.Xr gdb 1
to load the symbols into the debugging environment.
.Pp
-If
+An optional
.Ar modules-path
-is specified,
-.Nm
-uses it for the modules directory instead of the default
-.Pa modules .
-This is useful when building in a non-standard location (i.e., not
-.Pa /usr/src
-and
-.Pa /usr/obj ) .
+argument can specify a semicolon-separated list of directory pathnames
+similar to the
+.Va kern.module_path
+sysctl.
+Each directory in the list will be searched in turn for modules.
+The default list consists of just one element,
+.Pa modules ,
+which is suitable if the current directory is a kernel build directory.
.Pp
If
.Ar outfile
@@ -152,11 +152,18 @@ Clear the list of suffixes
tries to append to KLD file names.
Only the null suffix is left in the list.
.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+To add symbol files from the system search path specified by the
+.Va kern.module_path
+sysctl, the following command can be used:
+.Pp
+.Dl asf -s `sysctl -n kern.module_path`
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr gdb 1 ,
.Xr kvm 3 ,
.Xr kld 4 ,
-.Xr kldstat 8
+.Xr kldstat 8 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
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