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26.Dd September 28, 2000
27.Dt MODFIND 2
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm modfind
31.Nd returns the modid of a kernel module
32.Sh LIBRARY
33.Lb libc
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.In sys/param.h
36.In sys/module.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn modfind "const char *modname"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn modfind
42system call
43returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by
44.Fa modname .
45.Sh RETURN VALUES
46The
47.Fn modfind
48system call
49returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by
50.Fa modname .
51Upon error,
52.Fn modfind
53returns -1 and sets
54.Va errno
55to indicate the error.
56.Sh ERRORS
57.Va errno
58is set to the following if
59.Fn modfind
60fails:
61.Bl -tag -width Er
62.It Bq Er EFAULT
63The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
64.It Bq Er ENOENT
65The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr kldfind 2 ,
69.Xr kldfirstmod 2 ,
70.Xr kldload 2 ,
71.Xr kldnext 2 ,
72.Xr kldstat 2 ,
73.Xr kldsym 2 ,
74.Xr kldunload 2 ,
75.Xr modfnext 2 ,
76.Xr modnext 2 ,
77.Xr modstat 2 ,
78.Xr kld 4 ,
79.Xr kldstat 8
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm kld
83interface first appeared in
84.Fx 3.0 .
85