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. 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.

See Also

modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), modinfo(8) depmod(8)

Authors

Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>

Developer

Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>

Developer

Referenced By

ipvsadm(8), kmod(8), lsmod(8), modprobe(8), rmmod(8), sk98lin(4), wavelan(4).

02/07/2019 kmod