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1<?xml version='1.0'?>
2<!--*-nxml-*-->
3<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
4 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
5<refentry id="insmod">
6 <refentryinfo>
7 <title>insmod</title>
8 <productname>kmod</productname>
9
10 <authorgroup>
11 <author>
12 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
13 <firstname>Jon</firstname>
14 <surname>Masters</surname>
15 <email>jcm@jonmasters.org</email>
16 </author>
17 <author>
18 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
19 <firstname>Lucas</firstname>
20 <surname>De Marchi</surname>
2726da57 21 <email>lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com</email>
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22 </author>
23 </authorgroup>
24 </refentryinfo>
25
26 <refmeta>
27 <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle>
28 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
29 </refmeta>
30
31 <refnamediv>
32 <refname>insmod</refname>
33 <refpurpose>
34 Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
35 </refpurpose>
36 </refnamediv>
37
38 <refsynopsisdiv>
39 <cmdsynopsis>
40 <command>insmod</command>
41 <arg><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
42 <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>module options</replaceable></arg>
43 </cmdsynopsis>
44 </refsynopsisdiv>
45
46 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
47 <para>
48 <command>insmod</command> is a trivial program to insert a module into
6923e95b 49 the kernel. Most users will want to use
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50 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle>
51 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> instead, which is more clever
52 and can handle module dependencies.
53 </para>
54 <para>
55 Only the most general of error messages are reported: as the work of
56 trying to link the module is now done inside the kernel, the
57 <command>dmesg</command> usually gives more information about errors.
58 </para>
59 </refsect1>
60
61 <refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT</title>
62 <para>
63 This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
64 Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.
65 </para>
66 </refsect1>
67
68 <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
69 <para>
70 <citerefentry>
71 <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
72 </citerefentry>,
73 <citerefentry>
74 <refentrytitle>rmmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
75 </citerefentry>,
76 <citerefentry>
77 <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
3d51a2f6 78 </citerefentry>,
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79 <citerefentry>
80 <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
81 </citerefentry>
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82 <citerefentry>
83 <refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
84 </citerefentry>
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85 </para>
86 </refsect1>
87</refentry>