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.\"     Title: rmmod

.\"    Author: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>

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.\"      Date: 01/08/2018

.\"    Manual: rmmod

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.TH "RMMOD" "8" "01/08/2018" "kmod" "rmmod"

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.SH "NAME"

rmmod \- Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.HP \w'\fBrmmod\fR\ 'u

\fBrmmod\fR [\fB\-f\fR] [\fB\-s\fR] [\fB\-v\fR] [\fImodulename\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"

.PP

\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR

.RS 4

Print messages about what the program is doing\&. Usually

\fBrmmod\fR

prints messages only if something goes wrong\&.

.RE

.PP

\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR

.RS 4

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))\&.

.RE

.PP

\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-syslog\fR

.RS 4

Send errors to syslog instead of standard error\&.

.RE

.PP

\fB\-V\fR \fB\-\-version\fR

.RS 4

Show version of program and exit\&.

.RE

.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)

\fBdepmod\fR(8)

.SH "AUTHORS"

.PP

\fBJon Masters\fR <\&jcm@jonmasters\&.org\&>

.RS 4

Developer

.RE

.PP

\fBLucas De Marchi\fR <\&lucas\&.de\&.marchi@gmail\&.com\&>

.RS 4

Developer

.RE