rmmod(8)rmmod(8)NAMErmmod — simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
SYNOPSISrmmod [-f] [-w] [-s] [-v] [modulename]
DESCRIPTIONrmmod is a trivial program to remove a module from the kernel. Most
users will want to use modprobe(8) instead, with the -r option.
OPTIONS-v --verbose
Print messages about what the program is doing. Usually
rmmod only prints messages if something goes wrong.
-f --force
This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect
unless CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was
compiled. With this option, you can remove modules which are
being used, or which are not designed to be removed, or have
been marked as unsafe (see lsmod(8)).
-w --wait Normally, rmmod will refuse to unload modules which are in
use. With this option, rmmod will isolate the module, and
wait until the module is no longer used. Noone new will be
able to use the module, but it's up to you to make sure the
current users eventually finish with it. See lsmod(8)) for
information on usage counts.
-s --syslog
Send errors to the syslog, instead of standard error.
-V --version
Show version of program, and exit. See below for caveats
when run on older kernels.
BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
This version of rmmod is for kernels 2.5.48 and above. If it detects a
kernel with support for old-style modules (for which much of the work
was done in userspace), it will attempt to run rmmod.old in its place,
so it is completely transparent to the user.
COPYRIGHT
This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.
SEE ALSOmodprobe(8), insmod(8), lsmod(8), rmmod.old(8)rmmod(8)
