modfind (2)

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(The comments found at the beginning of the groff file "man2/modfind.2freebsd".)

NAME

modfind - returns the modid of a kernel module

LIBRARY

Lb libc

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUES

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

ERRORS

errno is set to the following if Fn modfind fails:

Bq Er EFAULT

The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.

Bq Er 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

The kld interface first appeared in Fx 3.0 .