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Manpages RMMODSection: Linux Module Support (8)Updated: February 6, 2002 Index Return to Main Contents NAMErmmod - unload loadable modulesSYNOPSISrmmod [ -aehrsvV ] module ...DESCRIPTIONrmmod unloads loadable modules from the running kernel.rmmod tries to unload a set of modules from the kernel, with the restriction that they are not in use and that they are not referred to by other modules. If more than one module is named on the command line, the modules will be removed in the given order. This supports unloading of stacked modules. With the option '-r', a recursive removal of modules will be attempted. This means that if a top module in a stack is named on the command line, all modules that are used by this module will be removed as well, if possible. OPTIONS
PERSISTENT DATAIf a module contains persistent data (see insmod(8) and modules.conf(5)) then removing the module always writes the persistent data to the filename in the __insmod _P symbol entry. You can also save the persistent data at any time by rmmod -e, this will not unload any modules.
When the persistent data is written to file, it is preceded by a
generated comment line,
Note: Comments are only supported when the first non-space character on a line is '#'. Any non-blank lines that do not start with '#' are module options, one per line. The option lines have leading spaces removed, the remainder of the line is passed to insmod as an option, including any trailing characters. SEE ALSOinsmod(8), lsmod(8), ksyms(8), modprobe(8).BUGSrmmod [-V | --version] should display version information and then exit immediately. Instead, it prints the version information and behaves as if no options were given.HISTORYModule support was first conceived by AnonymousInitial 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 for 2.2.2 by by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se> Updated for modutils 2.3.20 by by Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au> Persistent data for modutils 2.3.22 by by Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
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