From: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
To: linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com, Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] man/rmmod: explain why modprobe -r is more useful
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:47:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230202134736.405778-1-ykaliuta@redhat.com> (raw)
Improve user experience by explaining the option so the user may
not search explanations in other manpages (modprobe).
Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
---
man/rmmod.xml | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/man/rmmod.xml b/man/rmmod.xml
index e7c7e5f9e7dc..67bcbedd972b 100644
--- a/man/rmmod.xml
+++ b/man/rmmod.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
want to use
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead.
+ </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead
+ since it removes unused dependent modules as well.
</para>
</refsect1>
--
2.39.1
next reply other threads:[~2023-02-02 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-02 13:47 Yauheni Kaliuta [this message]
2023-02-02 19:01 ` [PATCH] man/rmmod: explain why modprobe -r is more useful Luis Chamberlain
2023-02-08 17:15 ` Lucas De Marchi
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