LSMOD

LSMOD

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS SEE ALSO HISTORY

NAME

lsmod - list loaded modules.

SYNOPSIS

lsmod [-hV?

DESCRIPTION

lsmod shows information about all loaded modules.

The format is name, size, use count, list of referring modules. The information displayed is identical to that available from /proc/modules.

If the module controls its own unloading via a can_unload routine then the user count displayed by lsmod is always -1, irrespective of the real use count.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Display a summary of options and immediately exit.

-V, --version

Display the version of lsmod and immediately exit.

SEE ALSO

insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), ksyms(8)

HISTORY

Module support was first conceived by Anonymous Initial Linux version by Bas Laarhoven Version 0.99.14 by Jon Tombs Extended by Bjorn Ekwall Updated for 2.1.17 by Richard Henderson Updated by Bjorn Ekwall