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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
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| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/modload.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/modload.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dcdd5d94 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/modload.8 @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: modload.8,v 1.49 2021/01/17 00:17:40 mrg Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed for the +.\" NetBSD Project. See http://www.NetBSD.org/ for +.\" information about NetBSD. +.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>> +.\" +.Dd November 13, 2020 +.Dt MODLOAD 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm modload +.Nd load a kernel module +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl fP +.Op Fl b Ar var=boolean +.Op Fl i Ar var=integer +.Op Fl s Ar var=string +.Ar module +.Nm +.Fl p +.Op Fl b Ar var=boolean +.Op Fl d Ar var +.Op Fl i Ar var=integer +.Op Fl m Ar plist +.Op Fl s Ar var=string +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility loads a kernel module specified by the +.Ar module +parameter into the running system. +.Pp +Modules are loaded from the default system module areas unless the +.Ar module +parameter contains a path separator character +.Pq Sq / . +.Pp +The options to +.Nm +are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width xbxvarxbooleanx +.It Fl b Ar var=boolean +Pass the module a boolean property with the name +.Ar var . +.Ar boolean +may be either +.Dv true +or +.Dv false . +.It Fl d Ar var +When used in conjunction with +.Fl m , +delete +.Ar var +from the +.Ar plist +specified. +.It Fl f +Force the module to be loaded. +When a module is loaded, the kernel checks if the module is compatible +with the running kernel and will refuse to load modules that are +potentially incompatible. +This option disables compatibility checks. +.Em Note : +an incompatible module can cause system instability, including data +loss or corruption. +.Pp +This option is also required for re-enabling a builtin module that +was disabled using +.Xr modunload 8 . +.It Fl i Ar var=integer +Pass the module an integer property with the name +.Ar var +and integral value +.Ar integer . +.It Fl m Ar plist +When used in conjunction with +.Fl p , +merge new options with an existing property list contained in +.Ar plist . +.It Fl P +This option tells the kernel not to load an associated property list. +.It Fl p +Output a property list suitable for loading along with a module. +When using this option, you do not need to specify a module. +Use +.Fl m +and +.Fl d +to read and modify an existing property list. +.It Fl s Ar var=string +Pass the module a string property with the name +.Ar var +and string value +.Ar string . +.El +.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +The +.Nm +utility exits with a status of 0 on success +and with a nonzero status if an error occurs. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr modctl 2 , +.Xr modules.conf 5 , +.Xr module 7 , +.Xr modstat 8 , +.Xr modunload 8 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +utility appeared in +.Nx 0.9 . +The +.Nm +command was designed to be similar in functionality +to the corresponding command in +.Tn "SunOS 4.1.3" . +.Nm +was switched to the kernel object linker module framework for +.Nx 5.0 , +derived from the same framework in +.Fx . +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The original +.Nx +implementation was written by +.An Terrence R. Lambert Aq Mt terry@cs.weber.edu . +The switch to the kernel object linker module framework was by +.An Andrew Doran Aq Mt ad@NetBSD.org . |
