[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 New sentence, new line; standardize AUTHORS s...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/08c4f22043e7
branches:  trunk
changeset: 571030:08c4f22043e7
user:      wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue Nov 09 12:09:58 2004 +0000

description:
New sentence, new line; standardize AUTHORS section content markup.

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/lkm.4 |  46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diffs (114 lines):

diff -r 3275808ed842 -r 08c4f22043e7 share/man/man4/lkm.4
--- a/share/man/man4/lkm.4      Tue Nov 09 11:12:54 2004 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/lkm.4      Tue Nov 09 12:09:58 2004 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: lkm.4,v 1.20 2004/11/09 04:57:31 rumble Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: lkm.4,v 1.21 2004/11/09 12:09:58 wiz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
 .Pp
 Various types of modules can be loaded into the system.
 There are several defined module types, listed below, which can
-be added to the system in a predefined way.  In addition, there
-is a generic type, for which the module itself handles loading and
-unloading.
+be added to the system in a predefined way.
+In addition, there is a generic type, for which the module itself
+handles loading and unloading.
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm
@@ -59,13 +59,15 @@
 .Xr ioctl 2
 calls on the
 .Pa /dev/lkm
-device.  Normally all operations involving
+device.
+Normally all operations involving
 Loadable Kernel Modules are handled by the
 .Xr modload 8 ,
 .Xr modunload 8 ,
 and
 .Xr modstat 8
-programs.  Users should never have to interact with
+programs.
+Users should never have to interact with
 .Pa /dev/lkm
 directly.
 .Sh MODULE TYPES
@@ -73,9 +75,9 @@
 System calls may be replaced by loading
 new ones via the
 .Nm
-interface.  All system calls may be
-replaced, but special care should
-be taken with the
+interface.
+All system calls may be replaced, but special care should be taken
+with the
 .Xr ioctl 2
 system call, as it is used to load and
 unload modules.
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@
 drivers may be loaded into the system with
 .Li "options LKM" .
 A problem with loading a device driver is that the driver's device
-nodes must exist for the devices to be accessed.  They are
-usually created by instructing
+nodes must exist for the devices to be accessed.
+They are usually created by instructing
 .Xr modload 8
 to run an appropriate program when the driver has been successfully loaded.
 .Ss Emulation modules
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@
 operating systems.
 .Ss Execution Interpreters
 Execution Interpreters allow to load support for execution of new type
-of binaries, not normally supported by kernel. This also allows to load
+of binaries, not normally supported by kernel.
+This also allows to load
 support for executing foreign system binaries.
 Execution Interpreters normally depend on
 Emulation modules, in that appropriate Emulation module has to
@@ -120,22 +123,24 @@
 an appropriately layered console driver.
 .Sh NOTES
 .Ss Security considerations
-Loaded kernel modules can do anything with kernel structures. There is
-no memory protection between modules and the rest of the kernel. Hence,
-a potential attacker controlling
+Loaded kernel modules can do anything with kernel structures.
+There is no memory protection between modules and the rest of the kernel.
+Hence, a potential attacker controlling
 .Pa /dev/lkm
 can do anything they want with the system.
 .Pp
-To avoid associated security risks, new LKMs cannot be loaded when 
+To avoid associated security risks, new LKMs cannot be loaded when
 .Pa securelevel
 is higher than zero.
 .Ss Module might crash system
 Loading and using a buggy module is likely to crash operating system -
 since the module becomes part of kernel, a code error is much more
-fatal than for userland programs. If you are doing kernel development,
+fatal than for userland programs.
+If you are doing kernel development,
 this would hopefully end up happening
 less frequently than changing, recompiling, installing, and
-rebooting would normally occur.  This should speed development
+rebooting would normally occur.
+This should speed development
 considerably for a lot of the in-kernel work that is currently
 taking place.
 .Sh FILES
@@ -162,6 +167,5 @@
 to the loadable kernel modules facility provided by
 .Tn "SunOS 4.1.3" .
 .Sh AUTHORS
-.Bl -tag
-Terrence R. Lambert, terry%cs.weber.edu@localhost
-.El
+.An Terrence R. Lambert
+.Aq terry%cs.weber.edu@localhost