Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual page 586

Chapter 41. General Parameters and Modules
lp 13065
parport_pc 27493
parport 37001
uhci_hcd 23885
floppy 57317
sg 34653
snd_ens1371 26721
gameport 16073
snd_rawmidi 24897
snd_ac97_codec 91360
snd_ac97_bus
snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_oss 32705
serio_raw
snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq 51633
snd_seq_device
snd_pcm_oss 42849
snd_mixer_oss 16833
snd_pcm 76485
snd_timer 23237
snd 52933
snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_
soundcore 10145
i2c_piix4
ide_cd 38625
snd_page_alloc 10569
i2c_core 21697
pcnet32 34117
cdrom 34913
mii
pcspkr
ext3 129737
jbd 58473
mptspi 17353
scsi_transport_spi 25025
mptscsih 23361
sd_mod 20929
scsi_mod 134121
mptbase 52193
For each line, the first column is the name of the module, the second column is the size of the module,
and the third column is the use count.
The /sbin/lsmod output is less verbose and easier to read than the output from viewing /proc/
modules.
To load a kernel module, use the /sbin/modprobe command followed by the kernel module name.
By default, modprobe attempts to load the module from the /lib/modules/<kernel-version>/
kernel/drivers/ subdirectories. There is a subdirectory for each type of module, such as the net/
subdirectory for network interface drivers. Some kernel modules have module dependencies, meaning
that other modules must be loaded first for it to load. The /sbin/modprobe command checks for
these dependencies and loads the module dependencies before loading the specified module.
For example, the command
/sbin/modprobe e100
loads any module dependencies and then the e100 module.
560
0
1
2 lp,parport_pc
0
1
0
1
1 snd_ens1371
1 snd_ens1371
1 snd_ens1371
2753 1 snd_ac97_codec
4293 0
0
7493 0
8001 1 snd_seq_oss
5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
8781 4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
0
1 snd_pcm_oss
3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
12
1 snd
8909 0
3
1 snd_pcm
2 i2c_ec,i2c_piix4
0
1 ide_cd
5825 1 pcnet32
3521 0
2
1 ext3
3
1 mptspi
1 mptspi
16
5 sg,mptspi,scsi_transport_spi,mptscsih,sd_mod
2 mptspi,mptscsih