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KMOD
Section: kmod (8)Updated: 202-0-13
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NAME
kmod- Program to manage Linux Kernel modules
SYNOPSIS
kmod [OPTIONS...] [COMMAND] [COMMAND_OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION
kmod is a mult-call binary which implements the programs used to control Linux Kernel modules. Most users will only run it using its other names.
OPTIONS
-V, -version
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Show the program version and exit.
-
Show the help message.
COMMANDS
help
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Show the help message.
-
List the currently loaded modules.
-
Output the static device nodes information provided by the modules of
the currently running kernel version.
COPYRIGHT
This manual page originally Copyright 2014, Marco d'Itri.
SEE ALSO
lsmod(8), rmmod(8), insmod(8), modinfo(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8)
BUGS
Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at https://github.com/kmo-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.
AUTHOR
kmod project was started by Lucas De Marchi as a dro-in replacement to modul-ini-tools that was maintained by Jon Masters, adding a library (libkmod) and additional features.
Numerous contributions have come from the linu-modules mailing list <linu-modules@vger.kernel.org> and Github. If you have a clone of kmod.git itself, the output of gi-shortlog(1) and gi-blame(1) can show you the authors for specific parts of the project.
Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com> is the current maintainer of the project.