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MODINFO(8)							    MODINFO(8)

NAME
       modinfo - program to show information about a Linux Kernel module

SYNOPSIS
       modinfo [ -0 ] [ -F field ] [ -k kernel ] [ modulename|filename ... ]

       modinfo -V

       modinfo -h


DESCRIPTION
       modinfo extracts information from the Linux Kernel modules given on the
       command line.  If the module name is not a filename, then the /lib/mod‐
       ules/version directory is searched, as is also done by modprobe(8) when
       loading kernel modules.

       modinfo by default lists each attribute of the module in form fieldname
       :  value,  for  easy  reading.	The  filename  is  listed the same way
       (although it's not really an attribute).

       This version of modinfo can understand  modules	of  any	 Linux	Kernel
       architecture.

OPTIONS
       -V --version
	      Print the modinfo version.

       -F --field
	      Only  print this field value, one per line.  This is most useful
	      for scripts.  Field names are  case-insenitive.	Common	fields
	      (which  may not be in every module) include author, description,
	      license, parm, depends, and alias.   There  are  often  multiple
	      parm,  alias  and	 depends  fields.   The special field filename
	      lists the filename of the module.

       -k kernel
	      Provide information about a kernel other than the	 running  one.
	      This is particularly useful for distributions needing to extract
	      information from a newly installed (but not yet running) set  of
	      kernel  modules.	For  example,  you wish to find which firmware
	      files are needed by various modules in a new  kernel  for	 which
	      you must make an initrd/initramfs image prior to booting.

       -0 --null
	      Use  the	ASCII zero character to separate field values, instead
	      of a new line.  This is useful for scripts, since a new line can
	      theoretically appear inside a field.

       -a -d -l -p -n
	      These  are shortcuts for author, description, license.  parm and
	      filename respectively, to ease the transition from the old modu‐
	      tils modinfo.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page originally Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM Corpora‐
       tion. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8)

				30 October 2011			    MODINFO(8)
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