From: Reuben Varghese <rvarghes@redhat.com>
To: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com, yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com,
reubenvarghese1 <rvarghes@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] Update documentation reflecting change from blacklist to blocklist
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 08:03:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210518150319.60941-3-rvarghes@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210518150319.60941-1-rvarghes@redhat.com>
From: reubenvarghese1 <rvarghes@redhat.com>
With the introduction of inclusive language in the kmod module,
the documentation has been updated in this commit to reflect the
changes made.
Signed-off-by: Reuben Varghese <rvarghes@redhat.com>
---
man/modprobe.d.xml | 8 ++++++--
man/modprobe.xml | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/modprobe.d.xml b/man/modprobe.d.xml
index 0ab3e91..594a847 100644
--- a/man/modprobe.d.xml
+++ b/man/modprobe.d.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>blacklist <replaceable>modulename</replaceable>
+ <term>blocklist <replaceable>modulename</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
@@ -107,9 +107,13 @@
"internal" aliases can be overridden by normal "alias" keywords,
but there are cases where two or more modules both support the same
devices, or a module invalidly claims to support a device that it
- does not: the <command>blacklist</command> keyword indicates that
+ does not: the <command>blocklist</command> keyword indicates that
all of that particular module's internal aliases are to be ignored.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Note that the <command>blacklist</command> command is being
+ deprecated and has been refactored to <command>blocklist</command>.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/man/modprobe.xml b/man/modprobe.xml
index 0372b6b..9f4c78e 100644
--- a/man/modprobe.xml
+++ b/man/modprobe.xml
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@
<option>-b</option>
</term>
<term>
- <option>--use-blacklist</option>
+ <option>--use-blocklist</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
This option causes <command>modprobe</command> to apply the
- <command>blacklist</command> commands in the configuration files
+ <command>blocklist</command> commands in the configuration files
(if any) to module names as well. It is usually used by
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>udev</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
--
2.27.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-18 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-03 10:53 [PATCH 0/2] Introduce inclusive language in kmod Reuben Varghese
2021-05-03 10:53 ` [PATCH 1/2] Refactor all instances of blacklist to blocklist and update documentation Reuben Varghese
2021-05-03 10:53 ` [PATCH 2/2] Continue temporary support for Blacklist command with warnings Reuben Varghese
2021-05-15 22:31 ` [PATCH 0/2] Introduce inclusive language in kmod Lucas De Marchi
2021-05-18 15:03 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Reuben Varghese
2021-05-18 15:03 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Refactor all instances of blacklist to blocklist Reuben Varghese
2021-05-21 21:42 ` Lucas De Marchi
2021-05-18 15:03 ` Reuben Varghese [this message]
2021-05-18 15:03 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] Continue temporary support for Blacklist command Reuben Varghese
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