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| author | Guy Helmer <ghelmer@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-04-20 20:36:36 +0000 | 
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| committer | Guy Helmer <ghelmer@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-04-20 20:36:36 +0000 | 
| commit | ec407dbb0d1a17b9710de58acb04bce3c4a9929b (patch) | |
| tree | 41a9ee98069b3ced9e8c2e225c33838294df4540 /lib | |
| parent | 5f78f4b3f14742282a093c38fd6f4265c77fadb8 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/getvfsent.3 | 63 | 
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/getvfsent.3 b/lib/libc/gen/getvfsent.3 index b9d901bd860e..37b3fede596d 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/getvfsent.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/getvfsent.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\"	$Id: getvfsent.3,v 1.13 1998/05/26 02:53:06 steve Exp $ +.\"	$Id: getvfsent.3,v 1.14 1998/05/30 18:20:37 steve Exp $  .\"	Written by Garrett A. Wollman, September 1994.  .\"	This manual page is in the public domain.  .\" @@ -78,18 +78,13 @@ The  .Fn vfsisloadable  function returns a non-zero value if a later call to  .Fn vfsload name -is likely to succeed.  We say ``likely'' because the conditions -checked by +is likely to succeed.  We say  +.Dq likely +because  .Fn vfsisloadable -are only a small subset of the conditions necessary for +does not check any of the conditions necessary for  .Fn vfsload -to succeed.  In particular, -.Fn vfsisloadable -checks that -.Pa /dev/lkm -is present and can be opened for writing, and that -.Pa Ns Fa name Ns _mod.o -can be found in one of the directories designated for LKMs. +to succeed.  .Pp  The  .Fn vfsload @@ -105,14 +100,6 @@ has been called and returned a non-zero value.  .It  .Fn vfsisloadable  has been called and returned a non-zero value. -.It -sufficient temporary file space is available  -.Em and writable -in one of -.No Ns \&${ Ns Ev TMPDIR Ns \&} , -.Pa /var/tmp , -or -.Pa /tmp .  .El  .Pp  Here is an example, taken from the source to @@ -159,45 +146,11 @@ function returns a non-zero value on failure, or zero on success.  If  fails,  .Va errno  may be set to one of the values documented for -.Xr fork 2 , -.Xr waitpid 2 , -.Xr chdir 2 , -or -.Xr execlp 3 , -or the return status of the -.Xr modload 8 -program, which is not currently particularly useful but eventually -will be.  In addition, if -.Xr modload 8 -exits on a signal, -.Fn vfsload -will fail and set -.Va errno -to -.Er EINVAL . -.Sh ENVIRONMENT -.Bl -tag -compact -width TMPDIRx -.It Ev TMPDIR -location for temporary file created by -.Xr modload 8 -on behalf of -.Fn vfsload . -.It Ev LKMDIR -alternate directory for -.Fn vfsisloadable -and -.Fn vfsload -to search for loadable modules. +.Xr kldload 2 .  .Sh SEE ALSO  .Xr mount 2 , -.Xr modload 8 , +.Xr kldload 2 ,  .Xr mount 8 -.Sh BUGS -The return value of the -.Xr modload 8 -command isn't particularly useful when interpreted as an -.Va errno -value (or anything else, for that matter).  .Sh AUTHORS  The loadable filesystem support was written by  .An Garrett A. Wollman ,  | 
