1<?xml version='1.0'?> 2<!--*-nxml-*--> 3<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" 4 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd"> 5<refentry id="rmmod"> 6 <refentryinfo> 7 <title>rmmod</title> 8 <productname>kmod</productname> 9 10 <authorgroup> 11 <author> 12 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 13 <firstname>Jon</firstname> 14 <surname>Masters</surname> 15 <email>jcm@jonmasters.org</email> 16 </author> 17 <author> 18 <contrib>Developer</contrib> 19 <firstname>Lucas</firstname> 20 <surname>De Marchi</surname> 21 <email>lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com</email> 22 </author> 23 </authorgroup> 24 </refentryinfo> 25 26 <refmeta> 27 <refentrytitle>rmmod</refentrytitle> 28 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 29 </refmeta> 30 31 <refnamediv> 32 <refname>rmmod</refname> 33 <refpurpose> 34 Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel 35 </refpurpose> 36 </refnamediv> 37 38 <refsynopsisdiv> 39 <cmdsynopsis> 40 <command>rmmod</command> 41 <arg><option>-f</option></arg> 42 <arg><option>-s</option></arg> 43 <arg><option>-v</option></arg> 44 <arg><replaceable>modulename</replaceable></arg> 45 </cmdsynopsis> 46 </refsynopsisdiv> 47 48 <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTION</title> 49 <para> 50 <command>rmmod</command> is a trivial program to remove a module (when 51 module unloading support is provided) from the kernel. Most users will 52 want to use 53 <citerefentry> 54 <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 55 </citerefentry> with the <option>-r</option> option instead. 56 </para> 57 </refsect1> 58 59 <refsect1><title>OPTIONS</title> 60 <variablelist> 61 <varlistentry> 62 <term> 63 <option>-v</option> 64 </term> 65 <term> 66 <option>--verbose</option> 67 </term> 68 <listitem> 69 <para> 70 Print messages about what the program is doing. 71 Usually <command>rmmod</command> prints messages 72 only if something goes wrong. 73 </para> 74 </listitem> 75 </varlistentry> 76 <varlistentry> 77 <term> 78 <option>-f</option> 79 </term> 80 <term> 81 <option>--force</option> 82 </term> 83 <listitem> 84 <para> 85 This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless 86 CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was compiled. 87 With this option, you can remove modules which are being used, or 88 which are not designed to be removed, or have been marked as unsafe 89 (see <citerefentry> 90 <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 91 </citerefentry>). 92 </para> 93 </listitem> 94 </varlistentry> 95 <varlistentry> 96 <term> 97 <option>-s</option> 98 </term> 99 <term> 100 <option>--syslog</option> 101 </term> 102 <listitem> 103 <para> 104 Send errors to syslog instead of standard error. 105 </para> 106 </listitem> 107 </varlistentry> 108 <varlistentry> 109 <term><option>-V</option> <option>--version</option> 110 </term> 111 <listitem> 112 <para> 113 Show version of program and exit. 114 </para> 115 </listitem> 116 </varlistentry> 117 </variablelist> 118 </refsect1> 119 120 <refsect1> 121 <title>COPYRIGHT</title> 122 <para> 123 This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM 124 Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others. 125 </para> 126 </refsect1> 127 128 <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title> 129 <para> 130 <citerefentry> 131 <refentrytitle>modprobe</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 132 </citerefentry>, 133 <citerefentry> 134 <refentrytitle>insmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 135 </citerefentry>, 136 <citerefentry> 137 <refentrytitle>lsmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 138 </citerefentry>, 139 <citerefentry> 140 <refentrytitle>modinfo</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 141 </citerefentry> 142 <citerefentry> 143 <refentrytitle>depmod</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum> 144 </citerefentry> 145 </para> 146 </refsect1> 147</refentry> 148