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diff --git a/share/man/man4/kld.4 b/share/man/man4/kld.4 index f583419..2714cb0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/kld.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/kld.4 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The LKM (Loadable Kernel Modules) facility has been deprecated in .Fx 3.0 -and above in favor of the +and above in favor of the .Nm interface. This interface, like its @@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ and .Xr kldstat 8 programs. .Pp -The +The .Xr kldload 8 program can load either .Xr a.out 5 or ELF formatted loadable modules. -The +The .Xr kldunload 8 program unloads any given loaded module, if no other module is dependent upon the given module. @@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ device nodes must exist for the devices to be accessed. They are usually created by using .Xr MAKEDEV 8 -or -.Xr mknod 8 +or +.Xr mknod 8 (if the device is not supported by the .Xr MAKEDEV 8 script) or, by writing a -shell script to run +shell script to run .Xr kldload 8 which should run the appropriate program to create the devices when the driver has been successfully loaded. @@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ driver has been successfully loaded. directory containing module binaries built for the kernel also residing in the directory. .It Pa /usr/include/sys/module.h -file containing definitions required to compile a +file containing definitions required to compile a .Nm -module +module .It Pa /usr/share/examples/kld example source code implementing a sample kld module .El @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ A as a dependency, then loads an instance of module A when any of the modules are loaded. .Pp If a custom entry point is used for a module, and the module is compiled as -an +an .Sq ELF binary, then .Xr kldload 8 |
