INSMOD(8)                                                                                                              INSMOD(8)



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

SYNOPSIS
       insmod [ filename ]  [ module options... ]

DESCRIPTION
       insmod  is  a  trivial  program to insert a module into the kernel: if the filename is a hyphen, the module is taken from
       standard input. Most users will want to use modprobe(8) instead, which is more clever.

       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.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8)



                                                           2002-12-27                                                  INSMOD(8)