insmod

' insmod 'u insmod [ filename ][ moduleoptions ...]

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 usually gives more information about errors .

This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation . Maintained by Jon Masters and others .

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modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), modinfo(8) depmod(8)