NAME
modinfo − display information about loaded kernel modules
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/modinfo [-c] [-w] [-i module-id]
DESCRIPTION
The modinfo utility displays information about the loaded modules. The format of the information is as follows:
Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
where Id is the module ID, Loadaddr is the starting text address in hexadecimal, Size is the size of text, data, and bss in hexadecimal bytes, Info is module specific information, Rev is the revision of the loadable modules system, and Module Name is the filename and description of the module.
The module specific information is the block and character major numbers for drivers, the system call number for system calls, or, for other module types, the index into the appropriate kernel table:
fmodsw
for STREAMS modules
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vfssw |
for filesystems |
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class |
for scheduling classes |
execsw
for exec modules
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
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-c |
Displays the number of instances of the module loaded and the module’s current state. |
-i module-id
Displays information about this module only.
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-w |
Does not truncate module information at 80 characters. |
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the modinfo command.
The following example displays the status of module 3:
example% modinfo -i 3
Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name 3 f5a7a000 3bc0 1 1 specfs (filesystem for specfs)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
