[FE training-materials-updates] Misc minor improvements

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Wed Dec 7 22:33:26 CET 2016


Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git
On branch  : master
Link       : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=5fcd22acfd5744cb647ab359d40048057975b07e

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commit 5fcd22acfd5744cb647ab359d40048057975b07e
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Wed Dec 7 22:33:26 2016 +0100

    Misc minor improvements
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>


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5fcd22acfd5744cb647ab359d40048057975b07e
 slides/kernel-device-model/kernel-device-model.tex               | 2 +-
 slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slides/kernel-device-model/kernel-device-model.tex b/slides/kernel-device-model/kernel-device-model.tex
index f506b9f..1d4d17f 100644
--- a/slides/kernel-device-model/kernel-device-model.tex
+++ b/slides/kernel-device-model/kernel-device-model.tex
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ uart0: serial at 44e09000 {
 \begin{frame}[fragile]
   \frametitle{Device Tree: {\tt compatible} string}
   \begin{itemize}
-  \item With the {\em device tree}, a {\em device} is bound with the
+  \item With the {\em device tree}, a {\em device} is bound to the
     corresponding {\em driver} using the {\bf compatible} string.
   \item The \code{of_match_table} field of \kstruct{device_driver}
     lists the compatible strings supported by the driver.
diff --git a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex
index d437e94..6cec7d0 100644
--- a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex
+++ b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@
 
 \begin{frame}
   \frametitle{Module utilities (1)}
+  For all commands, the module name is the name of the module
+  file without the trailing \code{.ko}\\
   \begin{itemize}
-  \item \code{modinfo <module_name>}\\
+  \item \code{modinfo <module_name>} (for modules in \code{/lib/modules})\\
     \code{modinfo <module_path>.ko}\\
-    Gets information about a module: parameters, license, description
-    and dependencies.\\
-    Very useful before deciding to load a module or not.
+    Gets information about a module without loading it: parameters, license,
+    description and dependencies.\\
   \item \code{sudo insmod <module_path>.ko}\\
     Tries to load the given module. The full path to the module object
     file must be given.




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