INSMOD linux command manual

insmod(8)                                                      insmod(8)



NAME
       insmod -- simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS
       insmod [filename]  [module options ...]

DESCRIPTION
       insmod is a trivial program to insert a module into the kernel: if the
       filename is a hyphen, the module is taken from  standard  input.  Most
       users will want to use modprobe(8) instead, which is cleverer.

       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.

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
       This version of insmod is for kernels 2.5.48 and above.  If it detects
       a kernel with support for old-style modules (for  which  much  of  the
       work was done in userspace), it will use previous modutils code, so it
       is completely transparent to the user.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.


SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), insmod.old(8)



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