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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man9 Few small nits.
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/28151101529a
branches: trunk
changeset: 757292:28151101529a
user: jruoho <jruoho%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Tue Aug 24 05:34:15 2010 +0000
description:
Few small nits.
diffstat:
share/man/man9/module.9 | 22 +++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diffs (70 lines):
diff -r e1e132f2cc9d -r 28151101529a share/man/man9/module.9
--- a/share/man/man9/module.9 Tue Aug 24 04:36:02 2010 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man9/module.9 Tue Aug 24 05:34:15 2010 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: module.9,v 1.19 2010/08/21 13:34:43 pgoyette Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: module.9,v 1.20 2010/08/24 05:34:15 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 21, 2010
+.Dd August 24, 2010
.Dt MODULE 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -343,8 +343,8 @@
loaded via the
.Fn module_autoload
routine.
-.Fn module_start_unload_thread
-is called once the scheduler and timer functions are initialized.
+The function is called only once,
+after the scheduler and timer functions are initialized.
.It Fn module_builtin_require_force "void"
Mark as "disabled" any built-in modules that have not been successfully
initialized.
@@ -366,24 +366,27 @@
.El
.Sh PROGRAMMING CONSIDERATIONS
The module subsystem is designed to be called recursively, but only within
-a single lwp.
+a single LWP.
This permits one module's
.Fn modcmd
routine to load or unload other modules.
.Pp
+Additional considerations:
+.Bl -bullet -offset indent
+.It
A module is not permitted to load or unload itself.
Attempts to load or unload a module from within its own
.Fn modcmd
routine will fail with
.Er EEXIST
or
-.Er EBUSY
+.Er EBUSY ,
respectively.
-.Pp
-Although a module can be loaded by either
+.It
+Although a module can be loaded by using either
.Fn module_load
or
-.Fn module_autoload
+.Fn module_autoload ,
it is not possible for the module's
.Fn modcmd
routine to distinguish between the two methods.
@@ -395,6 +398,7 @@
routine, or use
.Fn module_hold
to increment its reference count.
+.El
.Sh CODE REFERENCES
This section describes places within the
.Nx
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