The depmod command now supports indexing of split module directories (at
least initially), so add some documentation. In particular, attempt to
differentiate between "search" and "path". In a perfect world, there would
be one option that did both but that is difficult (don't want to break
existing configurations and the functionality is subtly different).
Signed-off-by: Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
doc/depmod.conf.sgml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/depmod.conf.sgml b/doc/depmod.conf.sgml
index 0d1b5b7..27fb525 100644
--- a/doc/depmod.conf.sgml
+++ b/doc/depmod.conf.sgml
@@ -51,6 +51,26 @@
<title>COMMANDS</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
+ <term>path <replaceable>subdirectory...</replaceable>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This allows you to specify additional directories (other than
+ the default of /lib/modules) that will be searched and indexed
+ for available modules by <command>depmod</command>. This option
+ can be used in combination with the <command>search</command>
+ option (which configures behavior within a given directory
+ specified using the <command>path</command> option).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ By default, <command>depmod</command> will search the standard
+ system /lib/modules/kernelversion directory for modules, but
+ you can use this option to have it index additional directories
+ that may be on an entirely different filesystem.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term>search <replaceable>subdirectory...</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
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1.6.0.6
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