Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

jackmetal · 2005-07-28 19:59:00

I've been poking around, trying to find a list of all available Linux kernel Modules.. Does anyone know where such a list may be located?

Basically looking for something that gives the module name (like - nvidia) and then a quick explanation or description of it (like - nVidia Video Card Module).

If I find something, I'll stick it on the wiki; but thought someone may have already run across it somewhere.

thanks!!

phrakture · 2005-07-28 20:21:49

ummm list all modules?

ls -R /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/

(or something to that effect)

module info?

modinfo nvidia

jackmetal · 2005-07-28 20:36:47

Awwww Man! I knew I'd get an answer like that.

No, actually I saw a table a while back that listed all of the kernel modules by name and a brief description. It's a nice quick reference when you're looking for something, but I haven't been able to find it again. Just thought somebody else might have run across it.

Thanks though, nice try.

phrakture · 2005-07-28 20:39:27

you might be thinking of the pciids table, which contains the IDs for pci cards, a description, and the module it uses... that's the only think I can think of

Dusty · 2005-07-28 20:45:09

you may be thinking of lsmod too... it only lists loaded modules, not available modules though.

Dusty

jackmetal · 2005-07-28 21:01:20

I'll post a link if I ever run across it again. It was a spreadsheet or table on a website I saw a while back. Just a quick reference of all the modules broken down into categories and with a short description.

Now that I think about it, I could probably make a similar one with a loop that does an ls on the modules directory and then cuts the description from the modinfo on each. Hmmm... I'll have to give it a shot. :-)

jimbob67 · 2013-07-28 04:09:26

This will provide a list of modules
modprobe -c | less

An example output portion will look like this:
.......
alias pci:v00001133d0000E00Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* hisax
alias pci:v00001133d0000E005sv*sd*bc*sc*i* hisax
alias pci:v00001133d0000E004sv*sd*bc*sc*i* hisax
alias pci:v00001133d0000E002sv*sd*bc*sc*i* hisax
alias pci:v00001244d00000A00sv*sd*bc*sc*i* hisax
alias pcmcia:m*c*f*fn*pfn*paD79E0B84pb21D083AEpc*pd* sedlbauer_cs
alias pcmcia:m*c*f*fn*pfn*pa81FB79F5pbE4E9BC12pcB391AB4Cpd* sedlbauer_cs
alias pcmcia:m*c*f*fn*pfn*pa81FB79F5pbE4E9BC12pc8DB143FEpd* sedlbauer_cs
.........

To get information on what each module does

yum -y install kernel-doc --This will install the kernel documentation to /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-*/Documentation (* is the version of the kernel you are using)

If we wanted to get info on the 'hisax' module
cd /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-*/Documentation
grep -R -i hisax * --This will list any docs on the module, in this case will find that it is a driver for a Siemens ISDN card

jasonwryan · 2013-07-28 04:27:22

Wow! Eight year necrobump. Now that you have set the record, please leave old threads buried...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … Bumping.27

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#1 2005-07-28 19:59:00

Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

#2 2005-07-28 20:21:49

Re: Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

#3 2005-07-28 20:36:47

Re: Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

#4 2005-07-28 20:39:27

Re: Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

#5 2005-07-28 20:45:09

Re: Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

#6 2005-07-28 21:01:20

Re: Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

#7 2013-07-28 04:09:26

Re: Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

#8 2013-07-28 04:27:22

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