insmod

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insmod

simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

          insmod
          filename
          module options

## DESCRIPTION

`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 more clever and can handle module dependencies.

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.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.

## SEE ALSO

modprobe

8 ,

rmmod

8 ,

lsmod

8

modinfo

8