Lucas De Marchi | d5578ee | 2012-01-12 13:53:55 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 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> |
Lucas De Marchi | 2726da5 | 2014-01-02 17:13:38 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | <email>lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com</email> |
Lucas De Marchi | d5578ee | 2012-01-12 13:53:55 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 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 |
Lucas De Marchi | 6923e95 | 2012-02-03 16:33:36 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | the kernel. Most users will want to use |
Lucas De Marchi | d5578ee | 2012-01-12 13:53:55 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 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> |
Lukas Berk | 3d51a2f | 2014-01-23 14:08:58 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | </citerefentry>, |
Lucas De Marchi | d5578ee | 2012-01-12 13:53:55 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | <citerefentry> |
| 80 | <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> |
| 81 | </citerefentry> |
| 82 | </para> |
| 83 | </refsect1> |
| 84 | </refentry> |