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modinfo(8)


NAME

   modinfo - 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/modules/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-insensitive. 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.

   -b basedir, --basedir basedir
       Root directory for modules, / by default.

   -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 --author, -d --description, -l --license, -p --parameters, -n
   --filename
       These are shortcuts for the --field flag's author, description,
       license, parm and filename arguments, to ease the transition from
       the old modutils modinfo.

COPYRIGHT

   This manual page originally Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM
   Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.

SEE ALSO

   modprobe(8)

AUTHORS

   Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
       Developer

   Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
       Developer



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