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author | dfr <dfr@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-04-04 12:29:31 +0000 |
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committer | dfr <dfr@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-04-04 12:29:31 +0000 |
commit | 40f56a703d888ddf4cea7407a46b86be23d9058c (patch) | |
tree | d2ae5fb17c4404a90848e325d42df45422fccb07 /lib/libc/sys/kldload.2 | |
parent | ec237a86954e86068e0773decfcbd19e0f51165e (diff) | |
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Manpages for the KLD system calls.
PR: docs/10412
Submitted by: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/kldload.2 b/lib/libc/sys/kldload.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d36748 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/kldload.2 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $Id$ +.\" + +.Dd March 3, 1999 +.Dt KLDLOAD 2 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm kldload , +.Nm kldunload +.Nd load KLD files into the kernel +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <sys/linker.h> +.br +.Ft int +.Fn kldload "const char *file" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The function +.Fn kldload +loads a kld file into the kernel using the kernel linker. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The function +.Fn kldload +returns the fileid of the kld file which was loaded into the kernel. If +an error occurs, +.Fn kldload +will return -1 and set +.Va errno +to indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +The named file is loaded unless: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EPERM +You do not have access to read the file or link it with the kernel. You should +be the root user to be able to use the +.Nm kld +functions. +.It Bq Er EFAULT +Bad address encountered when adding kld info into the kernel space. +.It Bq Er ENOMEM +There is no memory to load the file into the kernel. +.It Bq Er ENOENT +The file was not found. +.It Bq Er ENOEXEC +The file format of +.Va file +was unrecognized. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm kld +interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0. |