lsmod(8)

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
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