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=== kmod
Multi-call executable that implements: `lsmod`, `insmod`, `rmmod`, and other tools on desktop distros such as Ubuntu 16.04, where e.g.:
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ls -l /bin/lsmod
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gives:
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 25 15:35 /bin/lsmod -> kmod
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and:
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dpkg -l | grep -Ei
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contains:
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ii kmod 22-1ubuntu5 amd64 tools for managing Linux kernel modules
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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
Name of a predecessor set of tools.
==== modprobe
Load module under different name to avoid conflicts:
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sudo modprobe vmhgfs -o vm_hgfs
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