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Re: module(9) man page tweaks



Thanks - committed.

I changed the first delta to read

	The module subsystem includes two data types:
	...


On Sun, 4 Oct 2015, Michael McConville wrote:

Index: share/man/man9/module.9
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/share/man/man9/module.9,v
retrieving revision 1.37
diff -u -p -r1.37 module.9
--- share/man/man9/module.9	4 Jun 2015 01:58:30 -0000	1.37
+++ share/man/man9/module.9	1 Oct 2015 19:09:15 -0000
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ the kernel and reboot.
Modules can be loaded from within the kernel image, provided by the boot
loader, or loaded from the file system.
.Pp
-Two data types are relevant for
+Two data types comprise a
.Nm :
.Bl -enum -offset indent
.It
@@ -84,10 +84,13 @@ type provides storage to describe a modu
.It
The
.Vt modinfo_t
-type resides within the module itself, and contains module header info.
+type resides within
+.Vt module_t
+and contains module header info.
.El
.Pp
-The module subsystem is protected by the global kernconfig_mutex.
+The module subsystem is protected by the global
+.Va kernconfig_mutex .
.Sh FUNCTIONS
.Bl -tag -width abcd
.It Fn MODULE "class" "name" "required"


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