insmod8
Simple program to insert a module into the linux kernel
Usage
insmod [OPTIONS]
[filename]
[module
options]
Overview
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(1) usually gives more information about errors.
Options
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-f, --force -
This option can be extremely dangerous: it tells the kernel to ignore the module version and vermagic fields when loading. With this option, you can load modules build locally or by third parties, although this can lead to memory corruption, system crashes and data loss.
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-s, --syslog -
Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.
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-v, --verbose -
Print messages about what the program is doing. Usually
insmodprints messages only if something goes wrong.
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-V, --version -
Show version of program and exit.
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-h, --help -
Print the help message and exit.
Releases
14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 13 times.
--force since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--help since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--syslog since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--verbose since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--version since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-V since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-f since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-h since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-s since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-v since Debian 13 (Trixie).
--autoclean until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--blob until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--kallsyms until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--lock until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--map until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--name until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--noload until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--numeric-only until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--persist until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--prefix until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--probe until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--quiet until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--root until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-L until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-N until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-O until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-P until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-S until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-X until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-Y until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-e until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-k until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-m until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-n until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-o until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-p until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-q until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-r until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-x until Debian 2.2 (Potato);
-y until Debian 2.2 (Potato).