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From 06fadcc6b17c3b9a534540dd6d74b0c5fb1d948d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yauheni Kaliuta <ykaliuta@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2023 15:47:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] man/rmmod: explain why modprobe -r is more useful
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>
Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.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>
--- a/man/rmmod.8 2020-12-28 02:58:30.085851136 +0200
+++ b/man/rmmod.8 2023-02-09 16:55:55.967128297 +0200
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: rmmod
.\" Author: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 12/27/2020
+.\" Date: 02/09/2023
.\" Manual: rmmod
.\" Source: kmod
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "RMMOD" "8" "12/27/2020" "kmod" "rmmod"
+.TH "RMMOD" "8" "02/09/2023" "kmod" "rmmod"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
\fBmodprobe\fR(8)
with the
\fB\-r\fR
-option instead\&.
+option instead since it removes unused dependent modules as well\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
--
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