modinfo

List all attributes of a module

$ modinfo module_name

$ modinfo -F author module_name

$ modinfo -F filename module_name

$ modinfo -F parm module_name

$ modinfo -F license module_name

modinfo [-0] [-F field] [-k kernel] modulename|filename...

modinfo extracts and displays information from Linux kernel modules. It can show all attributes or specific fields like author, description, license, parameters, and dependencies.

-F, --field FIELD

Show only specified field value

Use modules from specified kernel version

Use specified directory as root for modules

Separate field values with NUL instead of newline

Shortcut for -F author

Shortcut for -F description

Shortcut for -F license

Shortcut for -F parm

Shortcut for -F filename

filename: Path to module file
author: Module author
description: Module description
license: License type (GPL, etc.)
version: Module version
parm: Module parameters and descriptions
depends: Module dependencies
alias: Module aliases
srcversion: Source version hash

Module information is embedded at compile time. Not all modules include all fields. Parameters shown by parm can be passed to modprobe.

modinfo is part of kmod, the kernel module tools replacing older module-init-tools.

modprobe(8), lsmod(8), insmod(8)