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NAME
rmmod -- simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
SYNOPSIS
rmmod [-f] [-w] [-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)).
-w --wait Normally, rmmod will refuse to unload modules which are in
use. With this option, rmmod will isolate the module, and
wait until the module is no longer used. Nothing new will be
able to use the module, but it's up to you to make sure the
current users eventually finish with it. See lsmod(8)) for
information on usage counts.
-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)
rmmod(8)