insmod

INSMOD(8)                                                            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.

       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 usu‐
       ally gives more information about errors.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8)



                                  2002-12-27                         INSMOD(8)