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MODINFO
Section: Linux Module Support (8)
Updated: 11 Nov 1997
Index NAME
modinfo - display information about a kernel module
SYNOPSIS
modinfo[ options ] <module_file>
DESCRIPTION
The
modinfoutility examines the object file
module_fileassociated with a kernel module and displays any information that itcan glean.
OPTIONS
- -a, --author
- Display the module's author.
- -d, --description
- Display the module's description.
- -n, --filename
- Display the module's filename.
- -fformat_string, --format format_string
- Let the user specify an arbitrary format string which can extractvalues from the ELF section inmodule_filewhich contains the module information.Replacements consist of a percent sign followed by a tag name in curlybraces.A tagname of %{filename} is always supported, even if the module has nomodinfo section.
- -p, --parameters
- Display the typed parameters that a module may support.
- -h, --help
- Display a small usage screen.
- -V, --version
- Display the version ofmodinfo.
If no options are supplied, the default is filename, description,author and parameters.
SEE ALSO
insmod(8),
modprobe(8),
depmod(8),
rmmod(8),
lsmod(8),
ksyms(8),
modules(2)
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- SEE ALSO
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