1INSMOD(8)                                                            INSMOD(8)
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NAME

6       insmod - simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
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SYNOPSIS

9       insmod [ filename ] [ module options ... ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       insmod  is a trivial program to insert a module into the kernel: if the
14       filename is a hyphen, the module is taken  from  standard  input.  Most
15       users will want to use modprobe(8) instead, which is cleverer.
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17       Only  the  most  general of error messages are reported: as the work of
18       trying to link the module is now done inside the kernel, the dmesg usu‐
19       ally gives more information about errors.
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BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY

22       This  version of insmod is for kernels 2.5.48 and above.  If it detects
23       a kernel with support for old-style modules (for which much of the work
24       was done in userspace), it will attempt to run insmod.old in its place,
25       so it is completely transparent to the user.
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28       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
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SEE ALSO

31       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), insmod.old(8)
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