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 (a] jonmasters.org</email> 16 </author> 17 <author> 18 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 19 <firstname>Lucas</firstname> 20 <surname>De Marchi</surname> 21 <email>lucas.de.marchi (a] gmail.com</email> 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 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. 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> 78 </citerefentry>, 79 <citerefentry> 80 <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 81 </citerefentry> 82 </para> 83 </refsect1> 84 </refentry> 85
