.\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Doug Rabson .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $Id: kextload.8,v 1.5 2001/01/19 22:51:09 lindak Exp $ .\" .Dd October 11, 1999 .Dt kextload 8 .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm kextload .Nd loads and starts a kernel extension .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm kextload .Op Fl i .Op Fl v .Op Fl h .Op Fl x .Ar kextbundle .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility loads the module files contained within .Ar kextbundle into the kernel and starts their execution either by calling a predefined initialization routine or by passing a personality description to the kernel. All module dependencies for .Ar kextbundle must reside in /System/Library/Extensions. .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl v Be more verbose. .It Fl v Simulate safe boot (for testing). .It Fl i Set interactive mode. .It Fl h Provide quick help. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /modules -compact .It Pa /TBD directory (bundle) containing loadable kernel modules. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS The .Nm utility exits with a status of 0 on success or with a nonzero status if an error occurs. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kmodload 8 , .Xr kmodstat 8 , .Xr kmodsyms 8 , .Xr kmodunload 8