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<refentry id="insmod">
<refentryinfo>
<title>insmod</title>
<productname>kmod</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Jon</firstname>
<surname>Masters</surname>
<email>jcm@jonmasters.org</email>
</author>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lucas</firstname>
<surname>De Marchi</surname>
<email>lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>insmod</refname>
<refpurpose>
Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>insmod</command>
<arg><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
<arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>module options</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
<command>insmod</command> is a trivial program to insert a module into
the kernel: if the <replaceable>filename</replaceable> is a hyphen, the
module is taken from standard input. Most users will want to use
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> instead, which is more clever
and can handle module dependencies.
</para>
<para>
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
<command>dmesg</command> usually gives more information about errors.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT</title>
<para>
This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>rmmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>,
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
<citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>