Useful Kernel manipulation commands
To find out the kernel version
To find out the Linux version of the currently executing kernel by,
The command used to check your architecture
To find out the current Loadable kernel module from
Load a kernel module (without dependency in to running kernel).
Load a kernel module (with dependency in to running kernel).
$ /sbin/modprobe kernel module name
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$ cat /usr/include/linux/version.h
To find out the Linux version of the currently executing kernel by,
$ cat /proc/version
$ uname -a
$ uname -a
The command used to check your architecture
$ uname -i
To find out the current Loadable kernel module from
$ /sbin/lsmod
$ cat /proc/modules
$ cat /proc/modules
Load a kernel module (without dependency in to running kernel).
$ rmmod module name
$ insmod module name
$ insmod module name
Load a kernel module (with dependency in to running kernel).
$ /sbin/modprobe kernel module name
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