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.Dd February 27, 2006 27.Dt KLDUNLOAD 8 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm kldunload 31.Nd unload a file from the kernel 32.Sh SYNOPSIS 33.Nm 34.Op Fl fv 35.Fl i Ar id ... 36.Nm 37.Op Fl fv 38.Op Fl n 39.Ar name ... 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The 42.Nm 43utility unloads a file which was previously loaded with 44.Xr kldload 8 . 45.Pp 46The following options are available: 47.Bl -tag -width ".Fl n Ar name" 48.It Fl f 49Force the unload. 50This ignores error returns to 51.Dv MOD_QUIESCE 52from the module and implies 53that the module should be unloaded even if it is currently in use. 54The users are left to cope as best they can. 55.It Fl v 56Be more verbose. 57.It Fl i Ar id 58Unload the file with this ID. 59.It Fl n Ar name 60Unload the file with this name. 61.It Ar name 62Unload the file with this name. 63.El 64.Sh EXIT STATUS 65.Ex -std 66.Sh SEE ALSO 67.Xr kldunload 2 , 68.Xr kldload 8 , 69.Xr kldstat 8 70.Sh HISTORY 71The 72.Nm 73utility first appeared in 74.Fx 3.0 , 75replacing the 76.Nm lkm 77interface. 78.Sh AUTHORS 79.An Doug Rabson Aq Mt dfr@FreeBSD.org 80