Module Name: src
Committed By: jnemeth
Date: Sun Jan 9 05:05:10 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: module.9
Log Message:
Update module_autoload to say that a .plist file will be loaded, and if
that .plist contains noautoload=true then the system will refuse to load
the module.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.25 -r1.26 src/share/man/man9/module.9
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man9/module.9
diff -u src/share/man/man9/module.9:1.25 src/share/man/man9/module.9:1.26
--- src/share/man/man9/module.9:1.25 Tue Dec 14 16:23:59 2010
+++ src/share/man/man9/module.9 Sun Jan 9 05:05:10 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: module.9,v 1.25 2010/12/14 16:23:59 jruoho Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: module.9,v 1.26 2011/01/09 05:05:10 jnemeth 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 December 14, 2010
+.Dd January 8, 2011
.Dt MODULE 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -277,6 +277,19 @@
function is intended for use by kernel components to locate and load optional
system components.
The function is also used to load modules that are required by other modules.
+.Pp
+The directory from which the module is loaded will be searched for a file
+with the same name as the module file, but with the suffix
+.Dq Pa .plist .
+If this file is found, the prop_dictionary it contains will be loaded and
+passed to the module's
+.Fn modcmd
+routine.
+If this prop_dictionary contains a
+.Dq Pa noautoload
+property which is set to
+.Dq Pa true
+then the system will refuse to load the module.
.It Fn module_unload "name"
Unload a module.
If the module's reference count is non-zero, the function returns
