1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD$ 27.\" 28.Dd March 3, 1999 29.Dt KLDLOAD 2 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm kldload 33.Nd load KLD files into the kernel 34.Sh LIBRARY 35.Lb libc 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.In sys/param.h 38.In sys/linker.h 39.Ft int 40.Fn kldload "const char *file" 41.Sh DESCRIPTION 42The 43.Fn kldload 44system call 45loads a kld file into the kernel using the kernel linker. 46.Sh RETURN VALUES 47The 48.Fn kldload 49system call 50returns the fileid of the kld file which was loaded into the kernel. 51If an error occurs, 52.Fn kldload 53will return -1 and set 54.Va errno 55to indicate the error. 56.Sh ERRORS 57The named file is loaded unless: 58.Bl -tag -width Er 59.It Bq Er EPERM 60You do not have access to read the file or link it with the kernel. 61You should be the root user to be able to use the 62.Nm kld 63system calls. 64.It Bq Er EFAULT 65Bad address encountered when adding kld info into the kernel space. 66.It Bq Er ENOMEM 67There is no memory to load the file into the kernel. 68.It Bq Er ENOENT 69The file was not found. 70.It Bq Er ENOEXEC 71The file format of 72.Fa file 73was unrecognized. 74.It Bq Er EEXIST 75The supplied 76.Fa file 77has already been loaded. 78.El 79.Sh SEE ALSO 80.Xr kldfind 2 , 81.Xr kldfirstmod 2 , 82.Xr kldnext 2 , 83.Xr kldstat 2 , 84.Xr kldsym 2 , 85.Xr kldunload 2 , 86.Xr modfind 2 , 87.Xr modfnext 2 , 88.Xr modnext 2 , 89.Xr modstat 2 , 90.Xr kld 4 , 91.Xr kldload 8 92.Sh HISTORY 93The 94.Nm kld 95interface first appeared in 96.Fx 3.0 . 97