modinfo(1)

modinfo1

Display information about a kernel module

Usage

modinfo [options] <module_file>

Overview

The modinfo utility examines the object file module_file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.

Options

-a, --author

Display the module's author.

-d, --description

Display the module's description.

-fformat_string, --format format_string

Let the user specify an arbitrary format string which can extract values from the ELF section in module_file which contains the module information. Replacements consist of a percent sign followed by a tag name in curly braces.

-p, --parameters

Display the typed parameters that a module may support.

-h, --help

Display a small usage screen.

-V, --version

Display the version of modinfo.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).

  1. 2.0–2.1

From modutils 2.1.121-18 in Debian 2.1 (Slink). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.