NAME
modfind —
returns the modid of a kernel
module
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<sys/param.h>
#include <sys/module.h>
int
modfind(const
char *modname);
DESCRIPTION
Themodfind()
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 modname. 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
The kld interface first appeared in
FreeBSD 3.0.