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Commands

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Options

-0, --null

Separate fields with the null character instead of newlines.

-a, --author

Print author information.

-d, --description

Print module description.

-F fieldname, --field fieldname

Print only the value of the specified fieldname (e.g., author,

license, depends, etc.).

-h, --help

Print usage message, then exit.

-l, --license

Print module license information.

-n, --filename

Print the module’s filename.

-p, --parameters

Print the module’s typed parameters.

-V, --version

Print version number of the module.

modprobe

modprobe [options] [modules][moduleoptions]

System administration command. With no options, attempt to load

the specified module, as well as all modules on which it depends. If

more than one module is specified, attempt to load further

modules only if the previous module failed to load. When speci-

fying a module, use only its name without its path or trailing .o.

modprobe will pass to the kernel any options following the module

name.

Options

-a, --all

Load all modules matching the given wildcard.

-c, --showconfig

Print modprobe’s current configuration.

-f, --force

Ignore all versioning information during module insertion.

Even if the module does not match the running kernel,

modprobe will try to insert it anyway.

--force-modversion

Ignore module versioning mismatches. ...