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.TH "INSMOD" "8" "2024-08-26" "kmod" "insmod"
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.SH NAME
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insmod - Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBinsmod\fR [\fIfilename\fR] [\fImodule options\fR.\&.\&.\&]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBinsmod\fR is a trivial program to insert a module into the kernel.\& Most users
will want to use\fB modprobe\fR(8) instead, which is more clever and can handle
module dependencies.\&
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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 \fBdmesg\fR usually gives more
information about errors.\&
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.\&
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBmodprobe\fR(8), \fBrmmod\fR(8), \fBlsmod\fR(8), \fBmodinfo\fR(8) \fBdepmod\fR(8)
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.SH AUTHORS
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Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list
<linux-modules@vger.\&kernel.\&org> and Github.\& If you have a clone of kmod.\&git
itself, the output of \fBgit-shortlog\fR(1) and \fBgit-blame\fR(1) can show you the
authors for specific parts of the project.\&
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\fBLucas De Marchi\fR <lucas.\&de.\&marchi@gmail.\&com> is the current maintainer of the
project.\&