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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
35a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Nm kldload
36a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Op Fl v
3749fea209SPhilippe Charnier.Ar filename
38a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Sh DESCRIPTION
39a79fe607SDoug RabsonThe
40a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Nm
41a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienloads the file
42a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Ar filename.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
53a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Briendirectory containing loadable modules.  Modules must be have an extention of .ko
54a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
55a87c2a93SDavid E. O'BrienThe
56a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Nm
57a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienutility exits with a status of 0 on success
58a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienand with a nonzero status if an error occurs.
59a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Sh SEE ALSO
60fa8b1c61SChris Costello.Xr kldload 2 ,
61a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Xr kldstat 8 ,
62a79fe607SDoug Rabson.Xr kldunload 8
632830148aSJohn-Mark Gurney.Sh HISTORY
642830148aSJohn-Mark GurneyThe
652830148aSJohn-Mark Gurney.Nm
662830148aSJohn-Mark Gurneycommand first appeared in
67a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Fx 3.0 ,
68a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brienreplacing the
69a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brien.Xr lkm 4
70a87c2a93SDavid E. O'Brieninterface.
7168085a0eSPhilippe Charnier.Sh AUTHORS
7268085a0eSPhilippe Charnier.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org
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