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      5 <refentry id="rmmod">
      6   <refentryinfo>
      7     <title>rmmod</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>rmmod</refentrytitle>
     28     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
     29   </refmeta>
     30 
     31   <refnamediv>
     32     <refname>rmmod</refname>
     33     <refpurpose>
     34       Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
     35     </refpurpose>
     36   </refnamediv>
     37 
     38   <refsynopsisdiv>
     39     <cmdsynopsis>
     40       <command>rmmod</command>
     41       <arg><option>-f</option></arg>
     42       <arg><option>-s</option></arg>
     43       <arg><option>-v</option></arg>
     44       <arg><replaceable>modulename</replaceable></arg>
     45     </cmdsynopsis>
     46   </refsynopsisdiv>
     47 
     48   <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
     49     <para>
     50       <command>rmmod</command> is a trivial program to remove a module (when
     51       module unloading support is provided) from the kernel.  Most users will
     52       want to use
     53       <citerefentry>
     54         <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
     55       </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead.
     56     </para>
     57   </refsect1>
     58 
     59   <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title>
     60     <variablelist>
     61       <varlistentry>
     62         <term>
     63           <option>-v</option>
     64         </term>
     65         <term>
     66           <option>--verbose</option>
     67         </term>
     68         <listitem>
     69           <para>
     70             Print messages about what the program is doing.
     71             Usually <command>rmmod</command> prints messages
     72             only if something goes wrong.
     73           </para>
     74         </listitem>
     75       </varlistentry>
     76       <varlistentry>
     77         <term>
     78           <option>-f</option>
     79         </term>
     80         <term>
     81           <option>--force</option>
     82         </term>
     83         <listitem>
     84           <para>
     85             This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless
     86             CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was compiled.
     87             With this option, you can remove modules which are being used, or
     88             which are not designed to be removed, or have been marked as unsafe
     89             (see <citerefentry>
     90               <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
     91             </citerefentry>).
     92           </para>
     93         </listitem>
     94       </varlistentry>
     95       <varlistentry>
     96         <term>
     97           <option>-s</option>
     98         </term>
     99         <term>
    100           <option>--syslog</option>
    101         </term>
    102         <listitem>
    103           <para>
    104             Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.
    105           </para>
    106         </listitem>
    107       </varlistentry>
    108       <varlistentry>
    109         <term><option>-V</option> <option>--version</option>
    110         </term>
    111         <listitem>
    112           <para>
    113             Show version of program and exit.
    114           </para>
    115         </listitem>
    116       </varlistentry>
    117     </variablelist>
    118   </refsect1>
    119 
    120   <refsect1>
    121     <title>COPYRIGHT</title>
    122     <para>
    123       This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
    124       Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.
    125     </para>
    126   </refsect1>
    127 
    128   <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
    129     <para>
    130       <citerefentry>
    131         <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    132       </citerefentry>,
    133       <citerefentry>
    134         <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    135       </citerefentry>,
    136       <citerefentry>
    137         <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    138       </citerefentry>,
    139       <citerefentry>
    140         <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
    141       </citerefentry>
    142     </para>
    143   </refsect1>
    144 </refentry>
    145