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From: Dag-Erling Smrgrav <des@des.follo.net>
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Incorrect wording in the linux(8) man page
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>Number:         12882
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Incorrect wording in the linux(8) man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 30 01:10:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Wed Aug 4 11:58:20 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Wed Aug  4 11:58:50 PDT 1999
>Originator:     Dag-Erling Smrgrav
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Yes Interactive
>Environment:

FreeBSD 3.x and 4.x.

>Description:

The linux(8) manual page talks about an inexistent Linux emulator, instead
of the Linux image activator.

>How-To-Repeat:

des@flood ~% whatis linux
linux(8) - load the Linux emulator kernel module

>Fix:
	
Index: sys/modules/linux/linux.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/modules/linux/linux.8,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 linux.8
--- linux.8	1999/04/23 16:12:03	1.5
+++ linux.8	1999/07/30 07:59:19
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@
 .Os FreeBSD
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm linux
-.Nd load the Linux emulator kernel module
+.Nd load the Linux image activator module
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm linux
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-utility loads the Linux emulator kernel module.
+utility loads the Linux image activator module.
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /modules/linux.ko 
 .It Pa /modules/linux.ko
-Linux emulator loadable kernel module.
+Linux image activator loadable kernel module.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr kld 4 ,
 .Xr kldload 8 ,


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>
To: Dag-Erling Smrgrav <des@des.follo.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/12882: Incorrect wording in the linux(8) man page
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 23:35:05 +0100

 How do,
 
 On Fri, Jul 30, 1999 at 10:00:35AM +0200, Dag-Erling Smrgrav wrote:
 > Index: sys/modules/linux/linux.8
 > ===================================================================
 > RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/modules/linux/linux.8,v
 > retrieving revision 1.5
 > diff -u -r1.5 linux.8
 > --- linux.8	1999/04/23 16:12:03	1.5
 > +++ linux.8	1999/07/30 07:59:19
 > @@ -29,17 +29,17 @@
 > -.Nd load the Linux emulator kernel module
 > +.Nd load the Linux image activator module
 <snip>
 
 It's OK, I won't be offended if you decide to commit this yourself :-)
 
 N
 -- 
  [intentional self-reference] can be easily accommodated using a blessed,
  non-self-referential dummy head-node whose own object destructor severs
  the links.
     -- Tom Christiansen in <375143b5@cs.colorado.edu>
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: nik 
State-Changed-When: Wed Aug 4 11:58:20 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Committed, thanks. 
>Unformatted:
