insmod(8)                                                            insmod(8)

NAME
insmod — simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS
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 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.

BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
This version of insmod is for kernels 2.5.48 and above.  If it detects a kernel with support for old-style mod-
ules (for which much of the work was done in userspace), it will attempt to run insmod.old in its place, so  it
is completely transparent to the user.

COPYRIGHT
This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.

SEE ALSO
modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), insmod.old(8)

insmod(8)