NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       lsmod - list loaded modules.

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       lsmod [-hV]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       -h, --help
	      Display a summary of options and immediately exit.

       -V, --version
	      Display the version of lsmod and immediately exit.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       insmod(8), modprobe(8), depmod(8), rmmod(8), ksyms(8)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

       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



Linux			       February 4, 2002 		      LSMOD(8)