modinfo

modinfo(8)							   modinfo(8)



NAME
       modinfo — program to show information about a Linux Kernel module

SYNOPSIS
       modinfo [-0]  [-F field]	 [modulename|filename ...]

       modinfo -V

       modinfo -h

DESCRIPTION
       modinfo	extracts  information  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	 done by mod-
       probe(8).


       modinfo by default lists each attribute of the module in	 form  field-
       name  :	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.	 Note BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
		 below: you might be printing the version of modinfo.old.


       -F --field
		 Only print this field value, one per  line.   This  is	 most
		 useful	 for scripts.  Field names are case-insenitive.	 Com-
		 mon fields (which  may	 not  be  in  every  module)  include
		 author,  description,	license,  param,  depends, and alias.
		 There	are  often  multiple  param,  alias  and  depends
		 fields.   The special field filename	   lists the filename
		 of the module.


       -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 -d -l -p -n
		 These are shortcuts for author, description, license.	param
		 and  filename	respectively, to ease the transition from the
		 old modutils modinfo.


BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY
       This version of modinfo is for kernel modules 2.5.48 and above.	If it
       detects	a  kernel with support for old-style modules, it will attempt
       to run modprobe.old in its place, so it is completely  transparent  to
       the user.

       Note  that  the	output of this version of modinfo is simpler and more
       regular than the older version: scripts attempting to use the  default
       output may get confused with complex fields.


       You  can	 force	the  new  modinfo  to  always be used, by setting the
       NEW_MODINFO    environment variable.


COPYRIGHT
       This manual page Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.


SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), modinfo.old(8)



								   modinfo(8)