1RMMOD(8)                                                              RMMOD(8)
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NAME

6       rmmod - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
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SYNOPSIS

9       rmmod [ -f ]  [ -w ]  [ -s ]  [ -v ]  [ modulename ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       rmmod  is  a  trivial  program to remove a module from the kernel. Most
13       users will want to use modprobe(8) with the -r option instead.
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OPTIONS

16       -v --verbose
17              Print messages about what the program is doing.   Usually  rmmod
18              prints messages only if something goes wrong.
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20       -f --force
21              This  option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless
22              CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was compiled.
23              With  this  option, you can remove modules which are being used,
24              or which are not designed to be removed, or have been marked  as
25              unsafe (see lsmod(8)).
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27       -w --wait
28              Normally,  rmmod will refuse to unload modules which are in use.
29              With this option, rmmod will isolate the module, and wait  until
30              the  module  is  no longer used. Nothing new will be able to use
31              the module, but it's up to you to make sure  the  current  users
32              eventually  finish  with  it.   See lsmod(8)) for information on
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36              Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.
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38       -V --version
39              Show version of program and exit.
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42       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
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SEE ALSO

45       modprobe(8), insmod(8), lsmod(8)
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49                                  2002-12-27                          RMMOD(8)
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