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8 <productname>kmod
</productname>
12 <contrib>Developer
</contrib>
13 <firstname>Jon
</firstname>
14 <surname>Masters
</surname>
15 <email>jcm@jonmasters.org
</email>
18 <contrib>Developer
</contrib>
19 <firstname>Lucas
</firstname>
20 <surname>De Marchi
</surname>
21 <email>lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com
</email>
27 <refentrytitle>insmod
</refentrytitle>
28 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
32 <refname>insmod
</refname>
34 Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
40 <command>insmod
</command>
41 <arg><replaceable>filename
</replaceable></arg>
42 <arg rep='repeat'
><replaceable>module options
</replaceable></arg>
46 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION
</title>
48 <command>insmod
</command> is a trivial program to insert a module into
49 the kernel. Most users will want to use
50 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe
</refentrytitle>
51 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> instead, which is more clever
52 and can handle module dependencies.
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.
61 <refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT
</title>
63 This manual page originally Copyright
2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
64 Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.
68 <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO
</title>
71 <refentrytitle>modprobe
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
74 <refentrytitle>rmmod
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
77 <refentrytitle>lsmod
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
80 <refentrytitle>modinfo
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
83 <refentrytitle>depmod
</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>