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<sect2>
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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>
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The Modutils package contains the depmod, genksyms, insmod,
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insmod_ksymoops_clean, kerneld, kernelversion, ksyms, lsmod, modinfo,
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modprobe and rmmod programs.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2><title>Description</title>
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<sect3><title>depmod</title>
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<para>
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depmod handles dependency descriptions for loadable kernel modules.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>genksyms</title>
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<para>
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genksyms reads (on standard input) the output from gcc -E source.c
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and generates a file containing version information.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>insmod</title>
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<para>
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insmod installs a loadable module in the running kernel.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>insmod_ksymoops_clean</title>
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<para>
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insmod_ksymoops_clean deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed in
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2 days.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>kerneld</title>
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<para>
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kerneld performs kernel action in user space (such as on-demand loading of
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modules)
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>kernelversion</title>
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<para>
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kernelversion reports the major version of the running kernel.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>ksyms</title>
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<para>
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ksyms displays exported kernel symbols.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>lsmod</title>
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<para>
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lsmod shows information about all loaded modules.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>modinfo</title>
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<para>
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modinfo examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
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displays any information that it can glean.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>modprobe</title>
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<para>
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Modprobe uses a Makefile-like dependency file, created by depmod,
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to automatically load the relevant module(s) from the set of modules
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available in predefined directory trees.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>rmmod</title>
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<para>
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rmmod unloads loadable modules from the running kernel.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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