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authorkensmith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-26 14:21:30 +0000
committerkensmith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org>2003-10-26 14:21:30 +0000
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- Add note that loading modules only works if the system
securelevel is less than 1. PR: docs/58546 Reviewed by: rwatson Approved by: blackend (mentor)
-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/kld.47
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/kld.4 b/share/man/man4/kld.4
index c0a210c..3601ca2 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/kld.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/kld.4
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ The
.Xr kldstat 8
program is used to check the status of the modules currently loaded into the
system.
+.Pp
+Kernel modules may only be loaded or unloaded if the system security level
+.Va kern.securelevel
+is less than one.
.Sh "MODULE TYPES"
.Bl -ohang
.It Em "Device Driver modules"
@@ -125,7 +129,8 @@ example source code implementing a sample kld module
.Xr devd 8 ,
.Xr kldload 8 ,
.Xr kldstat 8 ,
-.Xr kldunload 8
+.Xr kldunload 8 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh BUGS
If a module B, is dependent on another module A, but is not compiled with
module A as a dependency, then
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