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1<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
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3<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
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5<para>(Last checked against version &modutils-contversion;.)</para>
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7<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
8
9<para><command>depmod</command> creates a dependency file, based on the
10symbols it finds in the existing set of modules. This dependency file is used
11by modprobe to automatically load the required modules.</para>
12
13<para><command>genksyms</command> generates symbol version information.</para>
14
15<para><command>insmod</command> installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para>
16
17<para><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command> deletes saved ksyms and
18modules not accessed for two days.</para>
19
20<para><command>kallsyms</command> extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para>
21
22<para><command>kernelversion</command> reports the major version of the
23running kernel.</para>
24
25<para><command>ksyms</command> displays exported kernel symbols.</para>
26
27<para><command>lsmod</command> shows which modules are loaded.</para>
28
29<para><command>modinfo</command> examines an object file associated with
30a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.</para>
31
32<para><command>modprobe</command> uses a dependency file, created by
33depmod, to automatically load the relevant modules.</para>
34
35<para><command>rmmod</command> unloads modules from the running kernel.</para>
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37</sect3>
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39</sect2>
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