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.TH "INSMOD" "8" "2026\-10\-30" "kmod" "insmod"
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.SH NAME
.PP
insmod \- Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBinsmod\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIfilename\fR] [\fImodule options\fR]
.PP
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBinsmod\fR is a trivial program to insert a module into the kernel.\& Most users
will want to use \fBmodprobe\fR(8) instead, which is more clever and can handle
module dependencies.\&
.PP
Only the most general of error messages are reported: as the work of trying to
link the module is now done inside the kernel, the \fBdmesg\fR(1) usually gives more
information about errors.\&
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
.RS 4
This option can be extremely dangerous: it tells the kernel to ignore
the module version and vermagic fields when loading.\& With this option,
you can load modules build locally or by third parties, although this
can lead to memory corruption, system crashes and data loss.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-syslog\fR
.RS 4
Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
Print messages about what the program is doing.\& Usually \fBinsmod\fR prints
messages only if something goes wrong.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Show version of program and exit.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Print the help message and exit.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH COPYRIGHT
.PP
This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.\&
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBmodprobe\fR(8), \fBrmmod\fR(8), \fBlsmod\fR(8), \fBmodinfo\fR(8), \fBdepmod\fR(8)
.PP
.SH BUGS
.PP
Please direct any bug reports to kmod'\&s issue tracker at
https://github.\&com/kmod\-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version used, steps
to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.\&
.PP
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
Numerous contributions have come from the linux\-modules mailing list
<linux\-modules@vger.\&kernel.\&org> and Github.\& If you have a clone of kmod.\&git
itself, the output of \fBgit\-shortlog\fR(1) and \fBgit\-blame\fR(1) can show you the
authors for specific parts of the project.\&
.PP
\fBLucas De Marchi\fR <lucas.\&de.\&marchi@gmail.\&com> is the current maintainer of the
project.\&