Manual: kmod
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NAME
kmod - Program to manage Linux Kernel modules
SYNOPSIS
kmod [OPTIONS...] [COMMAND] [COMMAND_OPTIONS...]
DESCRIPTION
kmod is a multi-call binary which implements the programs used to control Linux Kernel modules. Most users will only
run it using its other names.
OPTIONS
-V, --version
Show the program version and exit.
-h, --help
Show the help message.
COMMANDS
help
Show the help message.
list
List the currently loaded modules.
static-nodes
Output the static device nodes information provided by the modules of the currently running kernel version.
COPYRIGHT
This manual page originally Copyright 2014, Marco d'Itri.
SEE ALSO
lsmod(8), rmmod(8), insmod(8), modinfo(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8)
BUGS
Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with
version used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.
AUTHOR
kmod project was started by Lucas De Marchi as a drop-in replacement to module-init-tools that was maintained by Jon
Masters, adding a library (libkmod) and additional features.
Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list and Github. If
you have a clone of kmod.git itself, the output of git-shortlog(1) and git-blame(1) can show you the authors for spe‐
cific parts of the project.
Lucas De Marchi is the current maintainer of the project.
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