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   6  .TH "INSMOD" "8" "13 October 2008" "" ""
   7  
   8  .SH NAME
   9  insmod \- simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
  10  .SH SYNOPSIS
  11  
  12  \fBinsmod\fR [ \fB\fIfilename\fB\fR ] [ \fB\fImodule options\fB\fR\fI ...\fR ]
  13  
  14  .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  15  .PP
  16  \fBinsmod\fR is a trivial program to insert a
  17  module into the kernel: if the
  18  \fIfilename\fR is a hyphen, the module is
  19  taken from standard input. Most users will want to use
  20  \fBmodprobe\fR(8) instead, which is
  21  cleverer.
  22  .PP
  23  Only the most general of error messages are reported: as the
  24  work of trying to link the module is now done inside the kernel,
  25  the \fBdmesg\fR usually gives more information
  26  about errors.
  27  .SH "BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY"
  28  .PP
  29  This version of \fBinsmod\fR is for kernels
  30  2.5.48 and above.  If it detects a kernel
  31  with support for old-style modules (for which much of the work
  32  was done in userspace), it will attempt to run
  33  \fBinsmod.old\fR in its place, so it is
  34  completely transparent to the user.
  35  .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  36  .PP
  37  This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
  38  .SH "SEE ALSO"
  39  .PP
  40  \fBmodprobe\fR(8),
  41  \fBrmmod\fR(8),
  42  \fBlsmod\fR(8),
  43  \fBinsmod.old\fR(8)