MODINFO

Section: Linux Module Support (8)
Updated: 11 Nov 1997
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Copyright (c) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is distributed according to the Gnu General Public License.

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NAME

modinfo - display information about a kernel module  

SYNOPSIS

modinfo [ options ] <module_file>  

DESCRIPTION

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.

-n, --filename

Display the module's filename.

-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.

-p, --parameters

Display the typed parameters that a module may support.

-h, --help

Display a small usage screen.

-V, --version

Display the version of modinfo.

If no options are supplied, the default is filename, description, author and parameters.  

SEE ALSO

insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), ksyms(8), modules(2)

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NAME

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OPTIONS

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