Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:47:34 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: "unixreader@yahoo.com" <unixreader@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: find module information Message-ID: <20160321104734.13303d41070b1ffa7fb02cfb@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <1386745165.2210852.1458555687019.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1386745165.2210852.1458555687019.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <1386745165.2210852.1458555687019.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com>
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 10:21:27 +0000 (UTC)
Unixreader Mydog via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
wrote:
> Hello, everbody, i saw a module named i915kms.ko, and i want to know what
> is its' facility, Could anybody please tell me where i can get some
> useful information. (and any other modules in /boot/kernel)
I didn't know the answer to the question - so I can show you a good
way to start finding out sitting at a FreeBSD command line:
$ man i915kms
No manual entry for i915kms
--- Always worth trying first
$ apropos i915kms
i915kms: nothing appropriate
$ apropos i915
i915: nothing appropriate
$ apropos kms
drm-kms(7) - Kernel Mode-Setting
drm-kms(7) - Kernel Mode-Setting
$ man drm-kms
--- Snip - go on read it at home
So it seems this is a kernel interface for display adaptor mode
settings - conclusion i915kms is the implmentation for the Intel 915
chipset.
At this point if I really wanted to know more I'd probably go
looking around the sources and/or ask detailed questions here or in a more
focused list.
--
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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