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  <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>