Bug 33123

Summary: incomplete info in "modprobe" man page
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Ben Levenson <benl>
Component: modutilsAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: low    
Version: 7.1CC: rvokal
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2001-03-25 18:03:15 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Description Ben Levenson 2001-03-25 18:03:12 UTC 
modutils-2.4.2-5

There is an incomplete paragraph in the man page:
STRATEGY
...
Each  time you compile a new kernel, the command make modules_install 
will create a new directory, but won't change the _____<--fill in the 
blank.

When you get a module unrelated to the kernel distribution you should  
place  it  in  one  of  the version-independent directories under 
/lib/modules.
...
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2001-07-06 23:29:27 UTC 
Fixed in 2.4.6-1.