Listing of All Linux Kernel Modules

Question

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!!

Answer 1

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