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MODINFO

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO

NAME

modinfo ? display information about a kernel module

SYNOPSIS

modinfo [ options ] <module_file>

DESCRIPTION

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.

SEE ALSO

insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), ksyms(8), modules(2)


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