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NAME

       rmmod - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS

       rmmod [ -f ]  [ -w ]  [ -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)).

       -w --wait
	      Normally, rmmod will refuse to unload modules which are in use. With this option, rmmod will isolate the module, and wait until  the
	      module  is  no longer used. Nothing new will be able to use the module, but it's up to you to make sure the current users eventually
	      finish with it.  See lsmod(8)) for information on usage counts.

       -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)

								    2010-03-01								  RMMOD(8)