Proc/Misc; Proc/Modules; Proc/Mounts - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4.5.0 Reference Manual

Chapter 5. The proc File System
2.20.

/proc/misc

This file lists miscellaneous drivers registered on the miscellaneous major device, which is
device number 10:
63 device-mapper 175 agpgart 135 rtc 134 apm_bios
The first column is the minor number of each device, while the second column shows the driver
in use.
2.21.

/proc/modules

This file displays a list of all modules loaded into the kernel. Its contents vary based on the
configuration and use of your system, but it should be organized in a similar manner to this
sample
/proc/modules
Note
This example has been reformatted into a readable format. Most of this
information can also be viewed via the
nfs 170109 0 - Live 0x129b0000 lockd 51593 1 nfs, Live 0x128b0000 nls_utf8
1729 0 - Live 0x12830000 vfat 12097 0 - Live 0x12823000 fat 38881 1 vfat,
Live 0x1287b000 autofs4 20293 2 - Live 0x1284f000 sunrpc 140453 3 nfs,lockd,
Live 0x12954000 3c59x 33257 0 - Live 0x12871000 uhci_hcd 28377 0 - Live
0x12869000 md5 3777 1 - Live 0x1282c000 ipv6 211845 16 - Live 0x128de000
ext3 92585 2 - Live 0x12886000 jbd 65625 1 ext3, Live 0x12857000 dm_mod
46677 3 - Live 0x12833000
The first column contains the name of the module.
The second column refers to the memory size of the module, in bytes.
The third column lists how many instances of the module are currently loaded. A value of zero
represents an unloaded module.
The fourth column states if the module depends upon another module to be present in order to
function, and lists those other modules.
The fifth column lists what load state the module is in:
only possible values.
The sixth column lists the current kernel memory offset for the loaded module. This information
can be useful for debugging purposes, or for profiling tools such as
2.22.

/proc/mounts

60
file output:
command.
/sbin/lsmod
, , or
Live Loading Unloading
oprofile
are the
.