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      Rusty
      Russell
    
    2003-05-9
  
  
    modinfo
    8
  
  
    modinfo program to show information about a Linux Kernel module
  
  
    
      modinfo
      -0
      -F field
      module
    
    
      modinfo -V
    
    
      modinfo -h
    
  
  
    

    modinfo extracts information the Linux
      Kernel modules given on the command line.  If the module name is
      not a filename, then the
      /lib/modules/version
      directory is searched, as done by
      modprobe8.
    

    modinfo by default lists each attribute
      of the module in form fieldname :
      value, for easy reading.
    

    This version of modinfo can understand
    modules of any Linux Kernel architecture.
  
  
    
    
      
        -V --version
        
        
          
	    Print the modinfo version.  Note BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
	    below: you might be printing the version of
	    modinfo.old.
	  
        
      
      
        -F --field
        
        
          
	    Only print this field value, one per line.  This is most
	    useful for scripts.  Field names are case-insenitive.
	    Common fields (which may not be in every module) include
	    author, description,
	    license, param,
	    depends, and alias.
	    There are often multiple param,
	    alias and depends fields.
	  
        
      
      
        -0 --null
        
        
          
	    Use the ASCII zero character to separate field values,
	    instead of a new line.  This is useful for scripts, since
	    a new line can theoretically appear inside a field.
	  
        
      
      
        -a -d -l -p
        
        
          
	    These are shortcuts for author,
	    description, license
	    and param respectively, to ease the
	    transition from the old modutils modinfo.
	  
        
      
    
  
  
    

    This version of modinfo is for kernel
	modules 2.5.48 and above.  If it detects a
	kernel with support for old-style modules, it will attempt to
	run modprobe.old in its place, so it is
	completely transparent to the user.

    Note that the output of this version of
	modinfo is simpler and more regular than
	the older version: scripts attempting to use the default
	output may get confused with complex fields.
    
  
  
    
    
      This manual page Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
    
  
  
    

    
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