%general-entities; ]> Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version; Module-Init-Tools <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools Issue the following commands to perform the tests sed -i "s/\(make\)\( all\)/\1 DOCBOOKTOMAN=true\2/" tests/runtests && ./tests/runtests Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --bindir=/bin --sbindir=/sbin \ --enable-zlib-dynamic The meaning of the configure option: --enable-zlib-dynamic This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed kernel modules. Compile the package: make DOCBOOKTOMAN=true Install the package: make install Contents of Module-Init-Tools Installed programs depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, and rmmod Short Descriptions depmod Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by modprobe to automatically load the required modules depmod insmod Installs a loadable module in the running kernel insmod insmod.static A statically compiled version of insmod insmod.static lsmod Lists currently loaded modules lsmod modinfo Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean modinfo modprobe Uses a dependency file, created by depmod, to automatically load relevant modules modprobe rmmod Unloads modules from the running kernel rmmod