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
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-a, --author -
Display the module's author.
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-d, --description -
Display the module's description.
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-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.
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-p, --parameters -
Display the typed parameters that a module may support.
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-h, --help -
Display a small usage screen.
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-V, --version -
Display the version of
modinfo.
Releases
Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).