RMMOD(8)                                                                                                                RMMOD(8)



NAME
       rmmod - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS
       rmmod [ -f ]  [ -w ]  [ -s ]  [ -v ]  [ modulename ]

DESCRIPTION
       rmmod is a trivial program to remove a module from the kernel. Most users will want to use modprobe(8) with the -r option
       instead.

OPTIONS
       -v --verbose
              Print messages about what the program is doing.  Usually rmmod prints messages only if something goes wrong.

       -f --force
              This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel
              was  compiled.  With  this  option,  you  can remove modules which are being used, or which are not designed to be
              removed, or have been marked as unsafe (see lsmod(8)).

       -w --wait
              Normally, rmmod will refuse to unload modules which are in use. With this option, rmmod will isolate  the  module,
              and  wait  until  the  module is no longer used. Nothing new will be able to use the module, but it's up to you to
              make sure the current users eventually finish with it.  See lsmod(8)) for information on usage counts.

       -s --syslog
              Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.

       -V --version
              Show version of program and exit.

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

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



                                                           2002-12-27                                                   RMMOD(8)