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[e617152] | 1 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> |
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[e617152] | 3 | <sect2><title>Descriptions</title> |
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[087e584] | 5 | <para>(Last checked against version &modutils-contversion;.)</para> |
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[e617152] | 7 | <sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title> |
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[978d0bf] | 9 | <para><command>depmod</command> creates a dependency file, based on the |
10 | symbols it finds in the existing set of modules. This dependency file is used | |
11 | by modprobe to automatically load the required modules.</para> | |
[6370fa6] | 12 | |
[978d0bf] | 13 | <para><command>genksyms</command> generates symbol version information.</para> |
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[978d0bf] | 15 | <para><command>insmod</command> installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para> |
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[978d0bf] | 17 | <para><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command> deletes saved ksyms and |
18 | modules not accessed for two days.</para> | |
[6370fa6] | 19 | |
[978d0bf] | 20 | <para><command>kallsyms</command> extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para> |
[6370fa6] | 21 | |
[978d0bf] | 22 | <para><command>kernelversion</command> reports the major version of the |
23 | running kernel.</para> | |
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[978d0bf] | 25 | <para><command>ksyms</command> displays exported kernel symbols.</para> |
[6370fa6] | 26 | |
[978d0bf] | 27 | <para><command>lsmod</command> shows which modules are loaded.</para> |
[6370fa6] | 28 | |
[978d0bf] | 29 | <para><command>modinfo</command> examines an object file associated with |
30 | a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.</para> | |
[6370fa6] | 31 | |
[978d0bf] | 32 | <para><command>modprobe</command> uses a dependency file, created by |
33 | depmod, to automatically load the relevant modules.</para> | |
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[978d0bf] | 35 | <para><command>rmmod</command> unloads modules from the running kernel.</para> |
[6370fa6] | 36 | |
[bdc08c1] | 37 | </sect3> |
[6370fa6] | 38 | |
39 | </sect2> | |
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