rmmod(8)

NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

   rmmod [-f] [-s] [-v] [modulename]

DESCRIPTION

   rmmod is a trivial program to remove a module (when module unloading
   support is provided) from the kernel. Most users will want to use
   modprobe(8) with the -r option instead.

OPTIONS

   -v, --verbose
       Print messages about what the program is doing. Usually rmmod
       prints messages only if something goes wrong.

   -f, --force
       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 lsmod(8)).

   -s, --syslog
       Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.

   -V --version
       Show version of program and exit.

COPYRIGHT

   This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
   Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.

SEE ALSO

   modprobe(8), insmod(8), lsmod(8), modinfo(8)

AUTHORS

   Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
       Developer

   Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
       Developer

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