modinfo
extracts and displays information from Linux kernel modules
TLDR
List all attributes of a module
$ modinfo module_name
Show specific field only$ modinfo -F author module_name
Show module filename$ modinfo -F filename module_name
Show module parameters$ modinfo -F parm module_name
Show module license$ modinfo -F license module_name
SYNOPSIS
modinfo [-0] [-F field] [-k kernel] modulename|filename...
DESCRIPTION
modinfo extracts and displays information from Linux kernel modules. It can show all attributes or specific fields like author, description, license, parameters, and dependencies.
PARAMETERS
-F, --field FIELD
Show only specified field value-k, --set-version VERSION
Use modules from specified kernel version-b, --basedir DIR
Use specified directory as root for modules-0, --null
Separate field values with NUL instead of newline-a, --author
Shortcut for -F author-d, --description
Shortcut for -F description-l, --license
Shortcut for -F license-p, --parameters
Shortcut for -F parm-n, --filename
Shortcut for -F filename
COMMON FIELDS
filename: Path to module fileauthor: Module authordescription: Module descriptionlicense: License type (GPL, etc.)version: Module versionparm: Module parameters and descriptionsdepends: Module dependenciesalias: Module aliasessrcversion: Source version hash
INSTALL
sudo apt install kmod
sudo dnf install kmod
sudo pacman -S kmod
sudo apk add kmod
sudo zypper install kmod
brew install kmod
nix profile install nixpkgs#kmod
CAVEATS
Module information is embedded at compile time. Not all modules include all fields. Parameters shown by parm can be passed to modprobe.
HISTORY
modinfo is part of kmod, the kernel module tools replacing older module-init-tools.
