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5<refentry id="insmod">
6  <refentryinfo>
7    <title>insmod</title>
8    <productname>kmod</productname>
9
10    <authorgroup>
11      <author>
12        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
13        <firstname>Jon</firstname>
14        <surname>Masters</surname>
15        <email>jcm@jonmasters.org</email>
16      </author>
17      <author>
18        <contrib>Developer</contrib>
19        <firstname>Lucas</firstname>
20        <surname>De Marchi</surname>
21        <email>lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com</email>
22      </author>
23    </authorgroup>
24  </refentryinfo>
25
26  <refmeta>
27    <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle>
28    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
29  </refmeta>
30
31  <refnamediv>
32    <refname>insmod</refname>
33    <refpurpose>
34      Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
35    </refpurpose>
36  </refnamediv>
37
38  <refsynopsisdiv>
39    <cmdsynopsis>
40      <command>insmod</command>
41      <arg><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
42      <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>module options</replaceable></arg>
43    </cmdsynopsis>
44  </refsynopsisdiv>
45
46  <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
47    <para>
48      <command>insmod</command> is a trivial program to insert a module into
49      the kernel. Most users will want to use
50      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle>
51        <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> instead, which is more clever
52      and can handle module dependencies.
53    </para>
54    <para>
55      Only the most general of error messages are reported: as the work of
56      trying to link the module is now done inside the kernel, the
57      <command>dmesg</command> usually gives more information about errors.
58    </para>
59  </refsect1>
60
61  <refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT</title>
62    <para>
63      This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
64      Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.
65    </para>
66  </refsect1>
67
68  <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
69    <para>
70      <citerefentry>
71        <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
72      </citerefentry>,
73      <citerefentry>
74        <refentrytitle>rmmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
75      </citerefentry>,
76      <citerefentry>
77        <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
78      </citerefentry>,
79      <citerefentry>
80        <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
81      </citerefentry>
82      <citerefentry>
83        <refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
84      </citerefentry>
85    </para>
86  </refsect1>
87</refentry>
88