LSMOD

Section: Linux Module Support (8)
Updated: February 4, 2002
 

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 <bas@vimec.nl>
Version 0.99.14 by Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es>
Extended by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se>
Updated for 2.1.17 by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
Updated by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se> in March 1999

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
HISTORY