linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usbip: tools: add in man page how to load the client's module

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:11:29 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@...il.com>,
        Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@...il.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usbip: tools: add in man page how to load the client's
 module

On 6/25/20 7:17 AM, Antonio Borneo wrote:
> While the man page usbipd.8 already informs the user on which
> kernel module has to be used on server side, the man page usbip.8
> does not provide any equivalent information on client side.
> Also, it could be hard for a newbie to identify the proper usbip
> client kernel module, due to the name "vhci-hcd" that has no
> immediate assonance with usbip.
> 
> Add in usbip.8 the command to add the module vhci-hcd, similarly
> as it's already present in usbipd.8 for usbip-host.
> While there, rephrase the description of the command "usbip list
> --remote=server".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@...il.com>
> --
> 
> v1->v2: rephrase the description of command "usbip list ..."
>          fix a typo in commit message
> ---
>   tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbip.8 | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbip.8 b/tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbip.8
> index a6097be25d28..a15d20063b98 100644
> --- a/tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbip.8
> +++ b/tools/usb/usbip/doc/usbip.8
> @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ List local USB devices.
>   .SH EXAMPLES
>   
>       client:# usbip list --remote=server
> -        - List exportable usb devices on the server.
> +        - List devices exported by remote server.
> +
> +    client:# modprobe vhci-hcd
>   
>       client:# usbip attach --remote=server --busid=1-2
>           - Connect the remote USB device.
> 
> base-commit: 48778464bb7d346b47157d21ffde2af6b2d39110
> 

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah