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 February 27, 2006 29.Dt KLDUNLOAD 8 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm kldunload 33.Nd unload a file from the kernel 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm 36.Op Fl fv 37.Fl i Ar id ... 38.Nm 39.Op Fl fv 40.Op Fl n 41.Ar name ... 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The 44.Nm 45utility unloads a file which was previously loaded with 46.Xr kldload 8 . 47.Pp 48The following options are available: 49.Bl -tag -width ".Fl n Ar name" 50.It Fl f 51Force the unload. 52This ignores error returns to 53.Dv MOD_QUIESCE 54from the module and implies 55that the module should be unloaded even if it is currently in use. 56The users are left to cope as best they can. 57.It Fl v 58Be more verbose. 59.It Fl i Ar id 60Unload the file with this ID. 61.It Fl n Ar name 62Unload the file with this name. 63.It Ar name 64Unload the file with this name. 65.El 66.Sh EXIT STATUS 67.Ex -std 68.Sh SEE ALSO 69.Xr kldunload 2 , 70.Xr kldload 8 , 71.Xr kldstat 8 72.Sh HISTORY 73The 74.Nm 75utility first appeared in 76.Fx 3.0 , 77replacing the 78.Nm lkm 79interface. 80.Sh AUTHORS 81.An Doug Rabson Aq dfr@FreeBSD.org 82