NAME

modinfo - 顯示當前內核模塊信息  

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modinfo [ options ] <module_file>  

描述

modinfo 工具軟件用來對內核模塊的目標文件 module_file 進行測試并打印輸出相關信息。  

選項

-a, --author

顯示模塊的開發人員

-d, --description

顯示此模塊的描述說明

-fformat_string, --format format_string

由用戶定義任意格式字符串，可以通過該字符串從內核模塊 module_file 的 ELF 段中獲得該模塊相應的值，其中包含該模塊的信息。替換由一個百分號后跟一個由花括號括起來的標簽名組成。

-p, --parameters

顯示模塊所支持的有類型的參數

-h, --help

顯示幫助信息

-V, --version

顯示 modinfo的版本信息

參見

insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), ksyms(8), modules(2)  

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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 modprobe(8).
 

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. 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. Common 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)