INSMOD(8)			    insmod			     INSMOD(8)

NAME
       insmod - Simple program to insert a module into the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS
       insmod [OPTIONS] [filename] [module options]

DESCRIPTION
       insmod is a trivial program to insert a module into the kernel. Most
       users will want to use modprobe(8) instead, which is more clever and
       can handle module dependencies.

       Only the most general of error messages are reported: as the work of
       trying to link the module is now done inside the kernel, the dmesg(1)
       usually gives more information about errors.

OPTIONS
       -f, --force
	   This option can be extremely dangerous: it tells the kernel to
	   ignore the module version and vermagic fields when loading. With
	   this option, you can load modules build locally or by third
	   parties, although this can lead to memory corruption, system
	   crashes and data loss.

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

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

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

       -h, --help
	   Print the help message and exit.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM
       Corporation.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), rmmod(8), lsmod(8), modinfo(8), depmod(8)

BUGS
       Please direct any bug reports to kmod's issue tracker at
       https://github.com/kmod-project/kmod/issues/ alongside with version
       used, steps to reproduce the problem and the expected outcome.

AUTHORS
       Numerous contributions have come from the linux-modules mailing list
       <linux-modules@vger.kernel.org> and Github. If you have a clone of
       kmod.git itself, the output of git-shortlog(1) and git-blame(1) can
       show you the authors for specific parts of the project.

       Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com> is the current maintainer
       of the project.

kmod				  2025-03-28			     INSMOD(8)