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[3f8be484] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent"> |
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| 5 | %general-entities; |
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| 6 | ]> |
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| 7 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-kmod" role="wrap"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="kmod.html"?> |
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[3f8be484] | 10 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 11 | <title>Kmod-&kmod-version;</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 12 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod"> |
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Kmod">Kmod</primary> |
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[3f8be484] | 15 | </indexterm> |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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| 18 | <title/> |
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| 19 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 20 | <para>The Kmod package contains programs for loading, inserting |
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[24b004c] | 21 | and removing kernel modules for Linux. Kmod replaces the |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 22 | Module-Init-tools package.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 23 | |
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| 24 | </sect2> |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 27 | <title>Installation of Kmod</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 28 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 29 | <para os="a">Prepare Kmod for compilation:</para> |
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[8ac1263] | 30 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 31 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \ |
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| 32 | --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc \ |
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[adab4c5] | 33 | --with-rootlibdir=/lib \ |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 34 | --with-zlib --with-xz</userinput></screen> |
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[8ac1263] | 35 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 36 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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[da0b4a3] | 37 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 38 | |
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| 39 | <varlistentry> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 40 | <term><parameter>--with-rootlibdir=/lib</parameter></term> |
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| 41 | <listitem> |
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| 42 | <para>Install location for shared libraries.</para> |
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| 43 | </listitem> |
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| 44 | </varlistentry> |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | <varlistentry> |
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| 47 | <term><parameter>--with-zlib --with-xz</parameter></term> |
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[3f8be484] | 48 | <listitem> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 49 | <para>This allows the Kmod package to handle zlib and XZ |
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| 50 | compressed kernel modules.</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 51 | </listitem> |
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| 52 | </varlistentry> |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | </variablelist> |
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| 55 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 56 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para> |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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[3f8be484] | 59 | |
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[686839b] | 60 | <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para> |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | <screen os="f2"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> |
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[c6c6c35] | 63 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 64 | <para os="g">Install the package:</para> |
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[3f8be484] | 65 | |
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[150ca1b] | 66 | <screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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[e69b20a] | 67 | |
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[7703780] | 68 | <para os="i">Create symbolic links for programs that expect Module-Init-Tools:</para> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 69 | |
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[bafe4be] | 70 | <screen os="j"><userinput>ln -sfv kmod /bin/lsmod |
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[7703780] | 71 | for tool in depmod insmod modinfo modprobe rmmod; do |
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[d23c4f9] | 72 | ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/${tool} |
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[fa271a1] | 73 | done</userinput></screen> |
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[24b004c] | 74 | |
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[3f8be484] | 75 | </sect2> |
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| 76 | |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 77 | <sect2 id="contents-kmod" role="content"> |
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| 78 | <title>Contents of Kmod</title> |
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[3f8be484] | 79 | |
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| 80 | <segmentedlist> |
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| 81 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | <seglistitem> |
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[c8a83d8] | 84 | <seg>depmod (link to kmod), insmod (link to kmod), kmod, |
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| 85 | lsmod (link to kmod), modinfo (link to kmod), modprobe (link to kmod), |
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[f698055a] | 86 | rmmod (link to kmod) </seg> |
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[3f8be484] | 87 | </seglistitem> |
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| 88 | </segmentedlist> |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | <variablelist> |
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| 91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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| 92 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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| 93 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | <varlistentry id="depmod"> |
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| 96 | <term><command>depmod</command></term> |
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| 97 | <listitem> |
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| 98 | <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in |
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| 99 | the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by |
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| 100 | <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required |
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| 101 | modules</para> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 102 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod depmod"> |
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[3f8be484] | 103 | <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary> |
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| 104 | </indexterm> |
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| 105 | </listitem> |
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| 106 | </varlistentry> |
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| 107 | |
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| 108 | <varlistentry id="insmod"> |
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| 109 | <term><command>insmod</command></term> |
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| 110 | <listitem> |
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| 111 | <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 112 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod insmod"> |
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[3f8be484] | 113 | <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary> |
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| 114 | </indexterm> |
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| 115 | </listitem> |
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| 116 | </varlistentry> |
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| 117 | |
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[2b220db9] | 118 | <varlistentry id="kmod"> |
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| 119 | <term><command>kmod</command></term> |
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| 120 | <listitem> |
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| 121 | <para>Loads and unloads kernel modules</para> |
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| 122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod kmod"> |
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| 123 | <primary sortas="b-kmod">kmod</primary> |
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| 124 | </indexterm> |
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| 125 | </listitem> |
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| 126 | </varlistentry> |
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| 127 | |
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[3f8be484] | 128 | <varlistentry id="lsmod"> |
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| 129 | <term><command>lsmod</command></term> |
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| 130 | <listitem> |
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| 131 | <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 132 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod lsmod"> |
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[3f8be484] | 133 | <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary> |
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| 134 | </indexterm> |
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| 135 | </listitem> |
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| 136 | </varlistentry> |
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| 137 | |
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| 138 | <varlistentry id="modinfo"> |
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| 139 | <term><command>modinfo</command></term> |
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| 140 | <listitem> |
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| 141 | <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and |
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| 142 | displays any information that it can glean</para> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 143 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modinfo"> |
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[3f8be484] | 144 | <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary> |
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| 145 | </indexterm> |
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| 146 | </listitem> |
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| 147 | </varlistentry> |
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| 148 | |
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| 149 | <varlistentry id="modprobe"> |
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| 150 | <term><command>modprobe</command></term> |
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| 151 | <listitem> |
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| 152 | <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>, |
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| 153 | to automatically load relevant modules</para> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modprobe"> |
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[3f8be484] | 155 | <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary> |
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| 156 | </indexterm> |
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| 157 | </listitem> |
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| 158 | </varlistentry> |
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| 159 | |
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| 160 | <varlistentry id="rmmod"> |
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| 161 | <term><command>rmmod</command></term> |
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| 162 | <listitem> |
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| 163 | <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para> |
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[e5ca6b9d] | 164 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod rmmod"> |
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[3f8be484] | 165 | <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary> |
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| 166 | </indexterm> |
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| 167 | </listitem> |
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| 168 | </varlistentry> |
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| 169 | |
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| 170 | </variablelist> |
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| 171 | |
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| 172 | </sect2> |
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| 173 | |
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| 174 | </sect1> |
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