insmod simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
insmod [filename] [module options ...]
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.
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.modutils in its place, so it is
completely transparent to the user.
This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
modprobe(8),
rmmod(8),
lsmod(8),
insmod.modutils(8)
