sys_module(5)

💖 sys_module(5) — bestie edition 💖

okay so this one is from the File Formats Manual, it's sys_module(5), and it's literally a lil map of the directory where your kernel keeps tabs on every module it's got loaded. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

/sys/module — loaded modules 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/sys/module/

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So this subdirectory is giving main character energy: it's holding one subdirectory for every single module that's loaded into the kernel. And the way that the name of each directory is the name of the module? obsessed. iconic. exactly how it should be. 💅

Inside each of those subdirectories, there may be some of these files:

• coresize — [to be documented]
• initsize — [to be documented]
• initstate — [to be documented]
• refcnt — [to be documented]
• srcversion — [to be documented]
• taint — [to be documented]
• uevent — [to be documented]
• version — [to be documented]

and inside each of the subdirectories, there may also be these subdirectories:

• drivers — [To be documented]
• holders — [To be documented]
• notes — [To be documented]
• parameters — this directory contains one file for each module parameter, and each file contains the value of the corresponding parameter. Some of these files are writable, which means you can change the parameters. yes bestie, you can edit them. 🙈
• sections — this subdirectory contains files with information about module sections. This information is mainly used for debugging. 🔍
• [To be documented]

ngl a bunch of this is still [to be documented], which is the manpage equivalent of leaving your group chat on read. it is what it is, fr fr. 😭

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🌈 STANDARDS 🌈

Linux. 🐧

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

Linux 2.6.0. — a classic, a legend, an OG. 💜

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• sysfs(5)

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and that's the whole vibe check, bestie ✨ you just read the sys_module(5) page from Linux man-pages 6.20, dated 2026-09-09. slay, go forth and peek at your modules responsibly. 🧚🍓💖