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NAME

modfind - returns the modid of a kernel module

CONTENTS

Library
Synopsis
Description
Return Values
Errors
See Also
History

LIBRARY


.Lb libc

SYNOPSIS


.In sys/param.h
.In sys/module.h int modfind "const char *modname"

DESCRIPTION

The modfind system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by modname.

RETURN VALUES

The modfind system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by file. Upon error, modfind returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

errno is set to the following if modfind fails:
[EFAULT]
The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
[ENOENT]
The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.

SEE ALSO

kldfind(2), kldfirstmod(2), kldload(2), kldnext(2), kldstat(2), kldsym(2), kldunload(2), modfnext(2), modnext(2), modstat(2), kld(4), kldstat(8)

HISTORY

 
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