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modinfo ? display information about a kernel module |
modinfo [ options ] <module_file> |
The modinfo utility examines the object file module_file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can 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 extract values from the ELF section in module_file which contains the module information. Replacements consist of a percent sign followed by a tag name in curly braces. A tagname of %{filename} is always supported, even if the module has no modinfo section. |
?p, ??parameters |
Display the typed parameters that a module may support. |
?h, ??help |
Display a small usage screen. |
?V, ??version |
Display the version of modinfo. |
insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), ksyms(8), modules(2) |