MODINFO

Section: Linux Module Support (1)
Updated: 11 Nov 1997
 

NAME

modinfo - display information about a kernel module  

SYNOPSIS

modinfo [ options ] <module_file>  

DESCRIPTION

The modinfo utility examines the object file module_file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.  

OPTIONS

-a, --author
Display the module's author.
-d, --description
Display the module's description.
-fformat_string, --format format_string
Let the user specify an arbitrary format string which can extract values from the ELF section in module_file which contains the module information. Replacements consist of a percent sign followed by a tag name in curly braces.
-p, --parameters
Display the typed parameters that a module may support.
-h, --help
Display a small usage screen.
-V, --version
Display the version of modinfo.
 

SEE ALSO

insmod(1), modprobe(1), depmod(1), rmmod(1), lsmod(1), ksyms(1), modules(2)