INSMOD(8) "kmod" "insmod"

# NAME

insmod - Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

# SYNOPSIS

*insmod* [_filename_] [_module options_...]

# DESCRIPTION

*insmod* is a trivial program to insert a module into the kernel. Most users
will want to use* modprobe*(8) instead, which is more clever and can handle
module dependencies.

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 *dmesg* usually gives more
information about errors.

# COPYRIGHT

This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.

# SEE ALSO

*modprobe*(8), *rmmod*(8), *lsmod*(8), *modinfo*(8) *depmod*(8)

# AUTHORS

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 *git-shortlog*(1) and *git-blame*(1) can show you the
authors for specific parts of the project.

*Lucas De Marchi* <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com> is the current maintainer of the
project.