insmod(8) - Linux manual page

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INSMOD(8)                          insmod                          INSMOD(8)

NAME         top

       insmod - Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS         top

       insmod [filename] [module options...]

DESCRIPTION         top

       insmod is a trivial program to insert a module into the kernel. Most
       users will want to use modprobe(8) instead, which is more clever and
       can handle module dependencies.

       Only the most general of error messages are reported: as the work of
       trying to link the module is now done inside the kernel, the dmesg
       usually gives more information about errors.

COPYRIGHT         top

       This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
       Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.

SEE ALSO         top

       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), modinfo(8) depmod(8)

AUTHORS         top

       Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
           Developer

       Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
           Developer

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the kmod (userspace tools for managing kernel
       modules) project.  Information about the project can be found at
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       linux-modules@vger.kernel.org.  This page was obtained from the
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       ⟨git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git⟩ on
       2018-02-02.  (At that time, the date of the most recent commit that
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kmod                             02/02/2018                        INSMOD(8)

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