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 cleverer.

       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.

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
       This version of insmod is for kernels 2.5.48 and above.	If it detects
       a kernel with support for old-style modules (for	 which	much  of  the
       work  was done in userspace), it will attempt to run insmod.old in its
       place, so it is completely transparent to the user.

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


SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), insmod.old(8)



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