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

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

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.