NAME
modinfo - display information about a kernel module
SYNOPSIS
modinfo [ options ] <module_file>
DESCRIPTION
The modinfo utility examines the object file module_file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.
OPTIONS
- -a, --author
-
Display the module's author.
- -d, --description
-
Display the module's description.
- -fformat_string, --format format_string
-
Let the user specify an arbitrary format string which can extract values from the ELF section in module_file which contains the module information. Replacements consist of a percent sign followed by a tag name in curly braces.
- -p, --parameters
-
Display the typed parameters that a module may support.
- -h, --help
-
Display a small usage screen.
- -V, --version
-
Display the version of modinfo.
SEE ALSO
insmod(1), modprobe(1), depmod(1), rmmod(1), lsmod(1), ksyms(1), modules(2)