MODINFO(8)			    modinfo			    MODINFO(8)



NAME
       modinfo - Show information about a Linux Kernel module

SYNOPSIS
       modinfo [-0] [-F field] [-k kernel] [modulename|filename...]

       modinfo -V

       modinfo -h

DESCRIPTION
       modinfo extracts information from the Linux Kernel modules given on the
       command line. If the module name is not a filename, then the
       /lib/modules/version directory is searched, as is also done by
       modprobe(8) when loading kernel modules.

       modinfo by default lists each attribute of the module in form fieldname
       : value, for easy reading. The filename is listed the same way
       (although it's not really an attribute).

       This version of modinfo can understand modules of any Linux Kernel
       architecture.

OPTIONS
       -V, --version
	   Print the modinfo version.

       -F, --field
	   Only print this field value, one per line. This is most useful for
	   scripts. Field names are case-insensitive. Common fields (which may
	   not be in every module) include author, description, license, parm,
	   depends, and alias. There are often multiple parm, alias and
	   depends fields. The special field filename lists the filename of
	   the module.

       -b basedir, --basedir basedir
	   Root directory for modules, / by default.

       -k kernel
	   Provide information about a kernel other than the running one. This
	   is particularly useful for distributions needing to extract
	   information from a newly installed (but not yet running) set of
	   kernel modules. For example, you wish to find which firmware files
	   are needed by various modules in a new kernel for which you must
	   make an initrd/initramfs image prior to booting.

       -0, --null
	   Use the ASCII zero character to separate field values, instead of a
	   new line. This is useful for scripts, since a new line can
	   theoretically appear inside a field.

       -a --author, -d --description, -l --license, -p --parameters, -n
       --filename
	   These are shortcuts for the --field flag's author, description,
	   license, parm and filename arguments, to ease the transition from
	   the old modutils modinfo.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page originally Copyright 2003, Rusty Russell, IBM
       Corporation. Maintained by Jon Masters and others.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8)

AUTHORS
       Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
	   Developer

       Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
	   Developer



kmod				  07/02/2013			    MODINFO(8)