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MODFIND(2) System Calls Manual MODFIND(2)

modfindreturns the modid of a kernel module

library “libc”

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/module.h>

int
modfind(const char *modname);

The function () returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by modname.

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

errno is set to the following if modfind() fails:

[]
The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
[]
The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.

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

The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

September 28, 2000 DragonFly-5.6.1