insmod(8)                                                                               insmod(8)



NAME
       insmod -- simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS
       insmod [filename]  [module options ...]

DESCRIPTION
       insmod  is  a  trivial  program  to  insert a module into the kernel: if the filename is a
       hyphen, the module is taken from standard input. Most users will want to  use  modprobe(8)
       instead, which is cleverer.

       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  dmesg  usually  gives  more  information  about
       errors.

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
       This  version of insmod is for kernels 2.5.48 and above.  If it detects a kernel with sup-
       port for old-style modules (for which much of the work was done  in  userspace),  it  will
       attempt to run insmod.old in its place, so it is completely transparent to the user.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.


SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), insmod.old(8)



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