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python-kmod
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Python bindings for kmod/libkmod

python-kmod is a Python wrapper module for libkmod, exposing common
module operations: listing installed modules, modprobe, and rmmod.
It is at:

Example (python invoked as root)
--------------------------------

::

  >>> import kmod
  >>> km = kmod.Kmod()
  >>> [(m.name, m.size) for m in km.loaded()]
  [(u'nfs', 407706),
   (u'nfs_acl', 12741)
   ...
   (u'virtio_blk', 17549)]
  >>> km.modprobe("btrfs")
  >>> km.rmmod("btrfs")
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3aa27ba9 AG	1	python-kmod
	2	===========
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31aa6834	4	Python bindings for kmod/libkmod
3aa27ba9	5
3aa27ba9 AG	6	python-kmod is a Python wrapper module for libkmod, exposing common
	7	module operations: listing installed modules, modprobe, and rmmod.
	8	It is at:
	9
3aa27ba9 AG	10	Example (python invoked as root)
	11	--------------------------------
	12
028fc127 TK	13	::
	14
	15	>>> import kmod
	16	>>> km = kmod.Kmod()
9ebfb9c1 AG	17	>>> [(m.name, m.size) for m in km.loaded()]
	18	[(u'nfs', 407706),
	19	(u'nfs_acl', 12741)
028fc127	20	...
9ebfb9c1	21	(u'virtio_blk', 17549)]
028fc127 TK	22	>>> km.modprobe("btrfs")
028fc127 TK	23	>>> km.rmmod("btrfs")