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| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>
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| 5 | The Modutils package contains the depmod, genksyms, insmod,
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| 6 | insmod_ksymoops_clean, kerneld, kernelversion, ksyms, lsmod, modinfo,
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| 7 | modprobe and rmmod programs.
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| 8 | </para>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | </sect2>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <sect3><title>depmod</title>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para>
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| 17 | depmod handles dependency descriptions for loadable kernel modules.
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| 18 | </para>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | </sect3>
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <sect3><title>genksyms</title>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <para>
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| 25 | genksyms reads (on standard input) the output from gcc -E source.c
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| 26 | and generates a file containing version information.
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| 27 | </para>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | </sect3>
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| 30 |
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| 31 | <sect3><title>insmod</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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| 34 | insmod installs a loadable module in the running kernel.
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| 35 | </para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | </sect3>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <sect3><title>insmod_ksymoops_clean</title>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <para>
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| 42 | insmod_ksymoops_clean deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed in
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| 43 | 2 days.
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | </sect3>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <sect3><title>kerneld</title>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | kerneld performs kernel action in user space (such as on-demand loading of
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| 52 | modules)
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| 53 | </para>
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| 54 |
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| 55 | </sect3>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <sect3><title>kernelversion</title>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | kernelversion reports the major version of the running kernel.
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | </sect3>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <sect3><title>ksyms</title>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <para>
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| 68 | ksyms displays exported kernel symbols.
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| 69 | </para>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | </sect3>
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| 72 |
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| 73 | <sect3><title>lsmod</title>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <para>
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| 76 | lsmod shows information about all loaded modules.
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| 77 | </para>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | </sect3>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | <sect3><title>modinfo</title>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <para>
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| 84 | modinfo examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
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| 85 | displays any information that it can glean.
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| 86 | </para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | </sect3>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <sect3><title>modprobe</title>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <para>
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| 93 | Modprobe uses a Makefile-like dependency file, created by depmod,
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| 94 | to automatically load the relevant module(s) from the set of modules
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| 95 | available in predefined directory trees.
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| 96 | </para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | </sect3>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <sect3><title>rmmod</title>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>
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| 103 | rmmod unloads loadable modules from the running kernel.
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| 104 | </para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | </sect3>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | </sect2>
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| 109 |
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