Commit a901ebb9 authored by Stefan Richter's avatar Stefan Richter Committed by Adrian Bunk

Doc/kernel-parameters.txt: mention modinfo and sysfs

Doc/kernel-parameters.txt: mention modinfo and sysfs
Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAdrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
parent 0ee9d71f
...@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus ...@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus
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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 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 on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The
restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if: restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
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