1a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" 2a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Doug Rabson 3a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" All rights reserved. 4a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" 5a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" are met: 8a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" 14a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" 267f3dea24SPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$ 27a79fe607SDoug Rabson.\" 28a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Dd April 25, 1997 29a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Dt KLDLOAD 8 302830148aSJohn-Mark Gurney.Os FreeBSD 31a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Sh NAME 32a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Nm kldload 33a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Nd load a file into the kernel 34a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Sh SYNOPSIS 357c7fb079SRuslan Ermilov.Nm 36a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Op Fl v 3749fea209SPhilippe Charnier.Ar filename 38a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Sh DESCRIPTION 39a79fe607SDoug RabsonThe 40a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Nm 41a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienloads the file 42d0353b83SRuslan Ermilov.Ar filename Ns Pa .ko 43a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brieninto the kernel using the kernel linker. 44a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Pp 4549fea209SPhilippe CharnierThe following option is available: 4649fea209SPhilippe Charnier.Bl -tag -width indent 47a79fe607SDoug Rabson.It Fl v 48a79fe607SDoug RabsonBe more verbose. 49a79fe607SDoug Rabson.El 50a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh FILES 51b1d5d887SAndrey A. Chernov.Bl -tag -width /boot/kernel -compact 52b1d5d887SAndrey A. Chernov.It Pa /boot/kernel 535bfebe7bSRuslan Ermilovdirectory containing loadable modules. 545bfebe7bSRuslan ErmilovModules must have an extension of 555bfebe7bSRuslan Ermilov.Pa .ko . 561252c1bbSRuslan Ermilov.El 57a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 58a87c2a93SDavid E. O'BrienThe 59a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm 60a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienutility exits with a status of 0 on success 61a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienand with a nonzero status if an error occurs. 62a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Sh SEE ALSO 63fa8b1c61SChris Costello.Xr kldload 2 , 64a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Xr kldstat 8 , 65a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Xr kldunload 8 662830148aSJohn-Mark Gurney.Sh HISTORY 672830148aSJohn-Mark GurneyThe 682830148aSJohn-Mark Gurney.Nm 692830148aSJohn-Mark Gurneycommand first appeared in 70a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Fx 3.0 , 71a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienreplacing the 72a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr lkm 4 73a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brieninterface. 7468085a0eSPhilippe Charnier.Sh AUTHORS 7568085a0eSPhilippe Charnier.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org 76