GNU/Linux |
RedHat 9.0(Shrike) |
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modinfo(8) |
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modinfo − display information about a kernel module
modinfo [ options ] <module_file>
The modinfo utility examines the object file module_file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.
OPTIONS
−a, −−author
Display the module’s author.
−d, −−description
Display the module’s description.
−fformat_string, −−format format_string
Let the user specify an arbitrary format string which can extract values from the ELF section in module_file which contains the module information. Replacements consist of a percent sign followed by a tag name in curly braces. A tagname of %{filename} is always supported, even if the module has no modinfo section. %{kernel_version} shows the version of the kernel the module was compiled for. %{using_checksums} expands to 1 is the module has versioned symbols and to 0 or <none> otherwise.
A tagname of %{parm} is special: the format string line is repeated for each known module parameter (which may be zero times) and %{parm} is then replaced by descriptions of module parameters (one parameter on each repeated line).
Alternatively, %a, %d, %l, %n and %p can be used instead of %{author}, %{description}, %{filename}, %{license} and %{parm}, respectively.
−h, −−help
Display a summary of options and immediately exit.
−l, −−license
Display the module’s license.
−n, −−filename
Display the module’s filename.
−p, −−parameters
Display the typed parameters that a module may support.
−V, −−version
Display the version of modinfo.
If no options are supplied, the default is filename, description, author, license and parameters.
insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), ksyms(8), modules(2)
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