.\" Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se>
.\" This program is distributed according to the Gnu General Public License.
.\" See the file COPYING in the kernel source directory /linux
.\"
.\"
.TH RMMOD 1 "May 14, 1995" Linux "Linux Module Support"
.SH NAME
rmmod \- unload loadable modules
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B rmmod
[ \-r ] module ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Rmmod
unloads loadable modules from the kernel.
.PP
.B Rmmod
tries to unload a set of modules from the kernel, with the restriction
that they are not in use and that they are not referred to by other modules.
.PP
If more than one module is named on the command line, the modules
will be removed in the given order. This supports unloading of stacked modules.
.PP
With the option '-r' a recursive removal of modules will be attempted.
This means that if a top module in a stack is named on the command line,
all modules that are used by this module will be removed as well, if possible.
.SH SEE ALSO
insmod(1), lsmod(1), ksyms(1), modules(2)
.SH HISTORY
The module support was first concieved by Anonymous (as far as I know...).
Linux version by Bas Laarhoven <bas@vimec.nl>,
0.99.14 version by Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es>,
extended by Bjorn Ekwall <bj0rn@blox.se>.
.SH BUGS
.B Rmmod
might have some, but they are well hidden...