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MODFIND(2)                FreeBSD System Calls Manual               MODFIND(2)

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 refer-
     enced by modname.

RETURN VALUES
     The modfind() system call returns the modid of the kernel module refer-
     enced by file.  Upon error, modfind() returns -1 and sets errno to indi-
     cate 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.

FreeBSD 6.2                   September 28, 2000                   FreeBSD 6.2
NAME | LIBRARY | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | SEE ALSO | HISTORY

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