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INSMOD(8)                                               insmod                                              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. Most users will want to use modprobe(8)
       instead, which is more clever and can handle module dependencies.

       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.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and
       others.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), modinfo(8)

AUTHORS
       Jon Masters <[email protected]>
           Developer

       Lucas De Marchi <[email protected]>
           Developer



kmod                                                  03/01/2015                                            INSMOD(8)