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Date:      Sun, 3 Nov 2013 17:22:42 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r43095 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook
Message-ID:  <201311031722.rA3HMgpl063478@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: rene
Date: Sun Nov  3 17:22:41 2013
New Revision: 43095
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43095

Log:
  Add a description for USES=kmod
  
  Approved by:	gjb (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml	Sun Nov  3 17:13:09 2013	(r43094)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/uses.xml	Sun Nov  3 17:22:41 2013	(r43095)
@@ -132,6 +132,26 @@
 </row>
 
 <row>
+  <entry><literal>kmod</literal></entry>
+  <entry>(none)</entry>
+  <entry>Fills in the boilerplate for kernel module ports, currently:
+  <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem><para>Add <literal>kld</literal> to
+      <makevar>CATEGORIES</makevar>.</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Set <makevar>SSP_UNSAFE</makevar>.</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Set <makevar>IGNORE</makevar> if the kernel sources are
+      not found in <makevar>SRC_BASE</makevar>.</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Define <makevar>KMODDIR</makevar> to <filename
+	class="directory">/boot/modules</filename> by default, add it
+      to <makevar>PLIST_SUB</makevar> and <makevar>MAKE_ENV</makevar>,
+      and create it upon installation.</para></listitem>
+    <listitem><para>Handle cross-referencing kernel modules upon installation
+      and deinstallation.</para></listitem>
+  </itemizedlist> 
+</entry>
+</row>
+
+<row>
   <entry><literal>motif</literal></entry>
   <entry>(none)</entry>
   <entry>Implies that the ports uses



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