title: Check and load a kernel module
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4881581/modinfo-equivalent-inside-kernel">modinfo() equivalent INSIDE kernel?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I need to check whether a particular module ( abc.ko ) is loaded or not in a e1000 network driver. if abc.ko is not loaded, it has to be loaded. How can we achieve this in the driver code ? </p>