From a81792f668c20540c336af4242ba1400763eb14f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 19:00:25 +0200 Subject: remove mention of CONFIG_KMOD from documentation Also includes a few Kconfig files (xtensa, blackfin) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg Cc: Michael Kerrisk Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Acked-by: Randy Dunlap --- Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt | 10 +++++----- Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl | 2 +- Documentation/telephony/ixj.txt | 13 +++---------- Documentation/video4linux/w9968cf.txt | 3 --- 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt index ea825e178e79..78043d5a8fc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/bfs.txt @@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ You can simplify mounting by just typing: this will allocate the first available loopback device (and load loop.o kernel module if necessary) automatically. If the loopback driver is not -loaded automatically, make sure that your kernel is compiled with kmod -support (CONFIG_KMOD) enabled. Beware that umount will not -deallocate /dev/loopN device if /etc/mtab file on your system is a -symbolic link to /proc/mounts. You will need to do it manually using -"-d" switch of losetup(8). Read losetup(8) manpage for more info. +loaded automatically, make sure that you have compiled the module and +that modprobe is functioning. Beware that umount will not deallocate +/dev/loopN device if /etc/mtab file on your system is a symbolic link to +/proc/mounts. You will need to do it manually using "-d" switch of +losetup(8). Read losetup(8) manpage for more info. To create the BFS image under UnixWare you need to find out first which slice contains it. The command prtvtoc(1M) is your friend: diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl index c4d2e3507af9..9d644f7e241e 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Device Components !Esound/core/device.c - KMOD and Device File Entries + Module requests and Device File Entries !Esound/core/sound.c Memory Management Helpers diff --git a/Documentation/telephony/ixj.txt b/Documentation/telephony/ixj.txt index 621024fd3a18..44d124005bad 100644 --- a/Documentation/telephony/ixj.txt +++ b/Documentation/telephony/ixj.txt @@ -305,21 +305,14 @@ driver, like this: which will result in the needed drivers getting loaded automatically. - g. if you are planning on using kerneld to automatically load the -module for you, then you need to edit /etc/conf.modules and add the + g. if you are planning on having the kernel automatically request +the module for you, then you need to edit /etc/conf.modules and add the following lines: options ixj dspio=0x340 xio=0x330 ixjdebug=0 If you do this, then when you execute an application that uses the -module kerneld will load the module for you. Note that to do this, -you need to have your kernel set to support kerneld. You can check -for this by looking at /usr/src/linux/.config and you should see this: - - # Loadable module support - # - - CONFIG_KMOD=y +module the kernel will request that it is loaded. h. if you want non-root users to be able to read and write to the ixj devices (this is a good idea!) you should do the following: diff --git a/Documentation/video4linux/w9968cf.txt b/Documentation/video4linux/w9968cf.txt index e0bba8393c77..05138e8aea07 100644 --- a/Documentation/video4linux/w9968cf.txt +++ b/Documentation/video4linux/w9968cf.txt @@ -193,9 +193,6 @@ Description: Automatic 'ovcamchip' module loading: 0 disabled, 1 enabled. loads that module automatically. This action is performed as once soon as the 'w9968cf' module is loaded into memory. Default: 1 -Note: The kernel must be compiled with the CONFIG_KMOD option - enabled for the 'ovcamchip' module to be loaded and for - this parameter to be present. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: simcams Type: int -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b