Re: [PATCH] docs: ipmi: Fix path of the "hotmod" module parameter

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Sat Jun 20 2026 - 20:07:01 EST




On 6/20/26 4:06 PM, Zenghui Yu wrote:
> On 6/21/26 2:40 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 6/20/26 5:27 AM, Zenghui Yu wrote:
>>> The correct path of the "hotmod" module parameter should be
>>> /sys/module/ipmi_si/parameters/hotmod. Fix it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zenghui Yu <zenghui.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> There are several other places that use /sys/modules/ instead of
>> /sys/module/.
>
> Yup. There are:
>
> Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst:This is done using /sys/modules/ipmi_si/parameters/hotmod, which is a
> Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst:config string to ``/sys/module/<driver>/parameter/<option>``. The driver
> Documentation/translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst:参数,或者在 ``/sys/modules/damon_lru_sort/parameters/<parameter>`` 写入正确的
> Documentation/translations/zh_CN/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst: # cd /sys/modules/damon_lru_sort/parameters
> Documentation/translations/zh_TW/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst:參數,或者在 ``/sys/modules/damon_lru_sort/parameters/<parameter>`` 寫入正確的
> Documentation/translations/zh_TW/admin-guide/mm/damon/lru_sort.rst: # cd /sys/modules/damon_lru_sort/parameters
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c: * /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/debug_layer
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c: * /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/debug_level
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c: * /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/trace_method_name
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c: * /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/trace_state
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c: * /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/trace_debug_layer
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c: * /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/trace_debug_level
> drivers/acpi/sysfs.c:/* /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output */
> drivers/base/module.c: /* Lookup or create built-in module entry in /sys/modules */
> drivers/gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib/lpvo_usb_gpib.c: * On the fly: echo {0,1,2} > /sys/modules/lpvo_usb_gpib/parameters/debug
> fs/btrfs/sysfs.c:/* Set perms to 0, disable /sys/module/btrfs/parameter/read_policy interface. */
> fs/cachefiles/Kconfig: enabled by setting bits in /sys/modules/cachefiles/parameter/debug or
> kernel/params.c:/* sysfs output in /sys/modules/XYZ/parameters/ */
>
>>
>> Would you care to fix those also?
>
> I plan to fix them by subsystem like:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/20260611142518.77343-1-zenghui.yu@xxxxxxxxx

Great. Thanks.

--
~Randy