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 since it removes unused
       dependent modules as well.

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) depmod(8)

AUTHORS

       Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
           Developer

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

kmod                                               10/02/2024                                           RMMOD(8)