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| author | Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> | 2021-06-30 13:52:24 +0300 |
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| committer | Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> | 2021-06-30 13:52:24 +0300 |
| commit | 0bcc3939c98d83955397eac1584d5f791fdc88d0 (patch) | |
| tree | 21e6be9c578916ca86ffe0f88a9d807435318964 /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | 600d050944e133fde1f54b9113b01ccefbd82820 (diff) | |
| parent | c17e5c85b32f8809135f3211ba2525fb98b5c09f (diff) | |
| download | linux-0bcc3939c98d83955397eac1584d5f791fdc88d0.tar.xz | |
Merge tag 'spi-nor/for-5.14' into mtd/next
SPI NOR core changes:
- Ability to dump SFDP tables via sysfs
- Support for erasing OTP regions on Winbond and similar flashes
- Few API doc updates and fixes
- Locking support for MX25L12805D
SPI NOR controller drivers changes:
- Use SPI_MODE_X_MASK in nxp-spifi
- Intel Alder Lake-M SPI serial flash support
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst index 1d56a6b73a4e..7ca8df5451d4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst @@ -483,10 +483,11 @@ modprobe ======== The full path to the usermode helper for autoloading kernel modules, -by default "/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel -requests a module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown -filesystem type to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request -the corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper. +by default ``CONFIG_MODPROBE_PATH``, which in turn defaults to +"/sbin/modprobe". This binary is executed when the kernel requests a +module. For example, if userspace passes an unknown filesystem type +to mount(), then the kernel will automatically request the +corresponding filesystem module by executing this usermode helper. This usermode helper should insert the needed module into the kernel. This sysctl only affects module autoloading. It has no effect on the |