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  <refentryinfo>
    <address>
      <email>rusty@rustcorp.com.au</email>
    </address>
    <author>
      <firstname>Rusty</firstname>
      <surname>Russell</surname>
    </author>
    <date>2002-12-27</date>
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  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
    <refname>insmod</refname> <refpurpose>simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>insmod</command>
      <arg><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
      <arg rep='repeat'><replaceable>module options</replaceable></arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
  <refsect1>
    <title>DESCRIPTION</title>

    <para><command>insmod</command> is a trivial program to insert a
	module into the kernel: if the
	<replaceable>filename</replaceable> is a hyphen, the module is
	taken from standard input. Most users will want to use
	<citerefentry><refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry> instead, which is
	cleverer.</para>

    <para>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 <command>dmesg</command> usually gives more information
	about errors.</para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY</title>

    <para>This version of <command>insmod</command> is for kernels
	<literal>2.5.48</literal> 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
	<command>insmod.old</command> in its place, so it is
	completely transparent to the user.</para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>COPYRIGHT</title>
    <para>
      This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
    </para>
  </refsect1>
  <refsect1>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>

    <para><citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>rmmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>,
      <citerefentry>
	<refentrytitle>insmod.old</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
      </citerefentry>
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>

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