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| .TH "RMMOD" "8" "2010-03-01" "" "" |
| .SH NAME |
| rmmod \- simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .sp |
| \fBrmmod\fR [ \fB-f\fR ] [ \fB-w\fR ] [ \fB-s\fR ] [ \fB-v\fR ] [ \fB\fImodulename\fB\fR ] |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| .PP |
| \fBrmmod\fR is a trivial program to remove a |
| module (when module unloading support is provided) from the kernel. |
| Most users will want to use |
| \fBmodprobe\fR(8) with the \fB-r\fR option instead. |
| .SH "OPTIONS" |
| .TP |
| \fB-v --verbose\fR |
| Print messages about what the program is doing. |
| Usually \fBrmmod\fR prints messages |
| only if something goes wrong. |
| .TP |
| \fB-f --force\fR |
| 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 \fBlsmod\fR(8)). |
| .TP |
| \fB-w --wait\fR |
| Normally, \fBrmmod\fR will refuse to |
| unload modules which are in use. With this option, |
| \fBrmmod\fR 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 \fBlsmod\fR(8)) for information on usage counts. |
| .TP |
| \fB-s --syslog\fR |
| Send errors to syslog instead of standard error. |
| .TP |
| \fB-V --version\fR |
| Show version of program and exit. |
| .SH "COPYRIGHT" |
| .PP |
| This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM |
| Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .PP |
| \fBmodprobe\fR(8), |
| \fBinsmod\fR(8), |
| \fBlsmod\fR(8) |
| \fBmodinfo\fR(8) |
