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.\"    Author: Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>
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.\"      Date: 06/19/2012
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.TH "RMMOD" "8" "06/19/2012" "kmod" "rmmod"
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.SH "NAME"
rmmod \- Simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBrmmod\fR\ 'u
\fBrmmod\fR [\fB\-f\fR] [\fB\-w\fR] [\fB\-s\fR] [\fB\-v\fR] [\fImodulename\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP

\fBrmmod\fR
is a trivial program to remove a module (when module unloading support is provided) from the kernel\&. Most users will want to use
\fBmodprobe\fR(8)
with the
\fB\-r\fR
option instead\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-v\fR \fB\-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
Print messages about what the program is doing\&. Usually
\fBrmmod\fR
prints messages only if something goes wrong\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-f\fR \fB\-\-force\fR
.RS 4
This option can be extremely dangerous: it has no effect unless CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD was set when the kernel was compiled\&. With this option, you can remove modules which are being used, or which are not designed to be removed, or have been marked as unsafe (see
\fBlsmod\fR(8))\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-w\fR \fB\-\-wait\fR
.RS 4
Normally,
\fBrmmod\fR
will refuse to unload modules which are in use\&. With this option,
\fBrmmod\fR
will isolate the module, and wait until the module is no longer used\&. Nothing new will be able to use the module, but it\*(Aqs up to you to make sure the current users eventually finish with it\&. See
\fBlsmod\fR(8)) for information on usage counts\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s\fR \fB\-\-syslog\fR
.RS 4
Send errors to syslog instead of standard error\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-V\fR \fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Show version of program and exit\&.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.PP
This manual page originally Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation\&. Maintained by Jon Masters and others\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBmodprobe\fR(8),
\fBinsmod\fR(8),
\fBlsmod\fR(8)
\fBmodinfo\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJon Masters\fR <\&jcm@jonmasters\&.org\&>
.RS 4
Developer
.RE
.PP
\fBLucas De Marchi\fR <\&lucas\&.demarchi@profusion\&.mobi\&>
.RS 4
Developer
.RE