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MODFIND(2)               DragonFly System Calls Manual              MODFIND(2)

NAME
     modfind -- returns the modid of a kernel module

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/module.h>

     int
     modfind(const char *modname);

DESCRIPTION
     The function modfind() returns the modid of the kernel module referenced
     by modname.

RETURN VALUES
     modfind() returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by file.
     Upon error, modfind() returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     errno is set to the following if modfind() fails:

     [EFAULT]           The data required for this operation could not be read
                        from the kernel space.

     [ENOENT]           The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.

SEE ALSO
     kldfind(2), kldfirstmod(2), kldload(2), kldnext(2), kldstat(2),
     kldsym(2), kldunload(2), modfnext(2), modnext(2), modstat(2), kld(4),
     kldstat(8)

HISTORY
     The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

DragonFly 3.5                 September 28, 2000                 DragonFly 3.5