RMMOD(8)							       rmmod								  RMMOD(8)

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)

AUTHORS

       Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
	   Developer

       Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
	   Developer

kmod								    07/02/2013								  RMMOD(8)