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RMMOD(8)							      RMMOD(8)

NAME
       rmmod - simple program to remove a module from the Linux Kernel

SYNOPSIS
       rmmod [ -f ]  [ -w ]  [ -s ]  [ -v ]  [ modulename ]

DESCRIPTION
       rmmod  is  a  trivial  program to remove a module from the kernel. Most
       users will want to use modprobe(8) with the -r option instead.

OPTIONS
       -v --verbose
	      Print messages about what the program is doing.	Usually	 rmmod
	      prints messages only if something goes wrong.

       -f --force
	      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 lsmod(8)).

       -w --wait
	      Normally,	 rmmod will refuse to unload modules which are in use.
	      With this option, rmmod will isolate the module, and wait	 until
	      the  module  is  no longer used. Nothing new will be able to use
	      the module, but it's up to you to make sure  the	current	 users
	      eventually  finish  with	it.   See lsmod(8)) for information on
	      usage counts.

       -s --syslog
	      Send errors to syslog instead of standard error.

       -V --version
	      Show version of program and exit.

COPYRIGHT
       This manual page Copyright 2002, Rusty Russell, IBM Corporation.

SEE ALSO
       modprobe(8), insmod(8), lsmod(8)

				  2002-12-27			      RMMOD(8)

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