RMMOD(8) rmmod RMMOD(8)
NAME
rmmod - Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
SYNOPSIS
rmmod [-f] [-s] [-v] [modulename]
DESCRIPTION
rmmod is a trivial program to remove a module (when module unloading support is provided) from the kernel.
Most users will want to use modprobe(8) with the -r option instead.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Print messages about what the program is doing. Usually rmmod prints messages only if something goes
wrong.
-f, --force
This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when
the kernel was compiled. With this option, you can remove modules which are being used, or which are not
designed to be removed, or have been marked as unsafe (see lsmod(8)).
-s, --syslog
Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.
-V --version
Show version of program and exit.
COPYRIGHT
This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and
others.
SEE ALSO
modprobe(8), insmod(8), lsmod(8)modinfo(8)
AUTHORS
Jon Masters <[email protected]>
Developer
Lucas De Marchi <[email protected]>
Developer
kmod 03/01/2015 RMMOD(8)
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