NAME¶

modfind — returns the modid of a kernel module

LIBRARY¶

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS¶

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

int
modfind(const char *modname);

DESCRIPTION¶

The modfind() 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.