linux man page for insmod

insmod(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 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 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)

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