man: modprobe: remove hard-coded /etc/modprobe.d references

Point the users to modprobe.d(5) instead.

Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
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Emil Velikov 2024-07-08 14:43:22 +01:00 committed by Lucas De Marchi
parent 42d60a3267
commit 4ec655d249

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@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ modprobe - Add and remove modules from the Linux Kernel
that for convenience, there is no difference between \_ and - in module names
(automatic underscore conversion is performed). *modprobe* looks in the module
directory @DISTCONFDIR@/`uname -r` for all the modules and other files, except
for the optional configuration files in the /etc/modprobe.d directory (see
*modprobe.d*(5)). *modprobe* will also use module options specified on the
kernel command line in the form of <module>.<option> and blacklists in the form
of modprobe.blacklist=<module>.
for the optional configuration files (see *modprobe.d*(5)). *modprobe* will also
use module options specified on the kernel command line in the form of
<module>.<option> and blacklists in the form of modprobe.blacklist=<module>.
Note that unlike in 2.4 series Linux kernels (which are not supported by this
tool) this version of *modprobe* does not do anything to the module itself: the
@ -56,8 +55,8 @@ database.
by *udev*(7).
*-C* _directory_, *--config* _directory_
This option overrides the default configuration directory
(/etc/modprobe.d).
This option overrides the default configuration directory. See
*modprobe.d*(5).
This option is passed through *install* or *remove* commands to other
*modprobe* commands in the MODPROBE_OPTIONS environment variable.