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kmod.adoc

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+[[kmod]]
+= kmod
+
+Multi-call executable that implements: `lsmod`, `insmod`, `rmmod`, and
+other tools on desktop distros such as Ubuntu 16.04, where e.g.:
+
+....
+ls -l /bin/lsmod
+....
+
+gives:
+
+....
+lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 25 15:35 /bin/lsmod -> kmod
+....
+
+and:
+
+....
+dpkg -l | grep -Ei
+....
+
+contains:
+
+....
+ii  kmod                                        22-1ubuntu5                                         amd64        tools for managing Linux kernel modules
+....
+
+BusyBox also implements its own version of those executables. There are
+some differences.
+
+Buildroot also has a kmod package, but we are not using it since
+BusyBox' version is good enough so far.
+
+This page will only describe features that differ from kmod to the
+BusyBox implementation.
+
+Source code: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
+
+[[module-init-tools]]
+== module-init-tools
+
+Name of a predecessor set of tools.
+
+[[modprobe]]
+== modprobe
+
+Load module under different name to avoid conflicts:
+
+....
+sudo modprobe vmhgfs -o vm_hgfs
+....