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[Karl-Philipp Richter <krichter722@xxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

also referenced manpages of `modinfo` and `insmod` don't explain what an
alias is and give no reference to an explanation. That makes getting
started with kernel modules overly hard for beginners and it'd just be
one reference or half a sentence necessary to explain

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: kmod 18-1ubuntu2
Uname: Linux 3.18.1-031801-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Dec 25 19:20:49 2014
SourcePackage: kmod
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: kmod (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug utopic

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Title:
  modprobe manpage mentions aliases, but doesn't explain the term or
  reference and explanation

Status in kmod package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  also referenced manpages of `modinfo` and `insmod` don't explain what
  an alias is and give no reference to an explanation. That makes
  getting started with kernel modules overly hard for beginners and it'd
  just be one reference or half a sentence necessary to explain

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: kmod 18-1ubuntu2
  Uname: Linux 3.18.1-031801-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Dec 25 19:20:49 2014
  SourcePackage: kmod
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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