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RMMOD(8)							      RMMOD(8)

NAME
       rmmod - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS
       rmmod [ -f ] [ -w ] [ -s ] [ -v ] [ modulename ]

DESCRIPTION
       rmmod  is  a  trivial program to remove a module (when module unloading
       support is provided) from the kernel.  Most users will want to use mod‐
       probe(8) with the -r option instead.

OPTIONS
       -v --verbose
	      Print  messages  about what the program is doing.	 Usually rmmod
	      prints messages only 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.  Nothing 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 syslog instead of standard error.

       -V --version
	      Show version of program and exit.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corpora‐
       tion. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), insmod(8), lsmod(8) modinfo(8)

				30 October 2011			      RMMOD(8)

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