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| 2 | .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Doug Rabson | |
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| 26 | .\" $Id: kmodload.8,v 1.3 2000/12/15 05:33:01 lindak Exp $ | |
| 27 | .\" | |
| 28 | .Dd April 8, 1999 | |
| 29 | .Dt KMODLOAD 8 | |
| 30 | .Os FreeBSD | |
| 31 | .Sh NAME | |
| 32 | .Nm kmodload | |
| 33 | .Nd loads and starts a kernel module | |
| 34 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 35 | .Nm kmodload | |
| 36 | .Op Fl v | |
| 37 | .Op Fl k Ar kernelfile | |
| 38 | .Op Fl d Ar dependencyfile | |
| 39 | .Op Fl o Ar symbolfile | |
| 40 | .Ar modulefile | |
| 41 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 42 | The | |
| 43 | .Nm | |
| 44 | loads the file | |
| 45 | .Ar modulefile | |
| 46 | into the kernel and starts its execution. | |
| 47 | .Pp | |
| 48 | The following options are available: | |
| 49 | .Bl -tag -width indent | |
| 50 | .It Fl v | |
| 51 | Be more verbose. | |
| 52 | .It Fl k Ar kernelfile | |
| 53 | Use alternate file | |
| 54 | .Ar kernelfile | |
| 55 | instead of default file /mach for linking | |
| 56 | .Ar modulefile . | |
| 57 | .It Fl d Ar dependencyfile | |
| 58 | Add symbols from | |
| 59 | .Ar dependencyfile | |
| 60 | to kernel symbols prior to linking of | |
| 61 | .Ar modulefile . | |
| 62 | The file | |
| 63 | .Ar dependencyfile | |
| 64 | must already be loaded. | |
| 65 | .It Fl o Ar symbolfile | |
| 66 | Creates file named | |
| 67 | .Ar symbolfile | |
| 68 | that contains statically linked output suitable to use with | |
| 69 | .Xr gdb 1 | |
| 70 | for remote debugging. | |
| 71 | .El | |
| 72 | .Sh FILES | |
| 73 | .Bl -tag -width /modules -compact | |
| 74 | .It Pa /System/Library/Extensions | |
| 75 | directory containing loadable kernel modules. | |
| 76 | .Sh DIAGNOSTICS | |
| 77 | The | |
| 78 | .Nm | |
| 79 | utility exits with a status of 0 on success. | |
| 80 | A status of 1 indicates a usage error. | |
| 81 | A status of 2 indicates a indicates a permissions error. | |
| 82 | A status of 3 indicates a problem with linking the module. | |
| 83 | A status of 4 indicates a internal or system error. | |
| 84 | A status of 5 indicates the module has already been loaded. | |
| 85 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 86 | .Xr kmodstat 8 , | |
| 87 | .Xr kmodsyms 8 , | |
| 88 | .Xr kmodunload 8 | |
| 89 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 90 | The | |
| 91 | .Nm | |
| 92 | command is based on the command kldload written by | |
| 93 | .An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org |