1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Doug Rabson 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 October 13, 2006 29.Dt KLDLOAD 8 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm kldload 33.Nd load a file into the kernel 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm 36.Op Fl v 37.Ar 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Nm 41utility loads 42.Ar file Ns Pa .ko 43into the kernel using the kernel linker. 44Note that if multiple modules are specified then an attempt will 45be made to load them all, even if some fail. 46The 47.Pa .ko 48extension name is not mandatory when loading a given module 49using 50.Nm . 51It does not hurt to specify it though. 52.Pp 53The following option is available: 54.Bl -tag -width indent 55.It Fl v 56Be more verbose. 57.El 58.Sh FILES 59.Bl -tag -width /boot/kernel -compact 60.It Pa /boot/kernel 61directory containing loadable modules. 62Modules must have an extension of 63.Pa .ko . 64.El 65.Sh EXIT STATUS 66.Ex -std 67.Sh AUTOMATICALLY LOADING MODULES 68Some modules (pf, ipfw, ipf, etc.) may be automatically loaded at boot 69time when the corresponding 70.Xr rc.conf 5 71statement is used. 72Modules may also be auto-loaded through their addition to 73.Xr loader.conf 5 . 74.Sh SEE ALSO 75.Xr kldload 2 , 76.Xr loader.conf 5 , 77.Xr rc.conf 5 , 78.Xr kldconfig 8 , 79.Xr kldstat 8 , 80.Xr kldunload 8 81.Sh HISTORY 82The 83.Nm 84utility first appeared in 85.Fx 3.0 , 86replacing the 87.Nm lkm 88interface. 89.Sh AUTHORS 90.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org 91