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Neil
Asked: 2009-05-21 08:40:01 +0800 CST

How do you check the version of a *.ko kernel module in Linux?

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I know you can do:

sudo modprobe -v some_module

to check the version of /lib/modules/.../some_module.ko, but I'd still like to be able to check the version of any arbitrary kernel module that's not necessarily going to be loaded by modprobe.

linux kernel

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    modinfo(8)
    modinfo - program to show information about a Linux Kernel module

    Simply,

    modinfo module-file

    General tip: At the bottom of a manpage and there is a section called "See Also". For modprobe, it lists modinfo. That section can be extremely useful.

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  2. Try:

    strings some_module.ko | grep vermagic

    Or use as mentioned by Ian Kelling modinfo.

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