NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     kldunload -- unload kld files

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/linker.h>

     int
     kldunload(int fileid);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The kldunload() system call unloads a kld file from the kernel that was
     previously linked via kldload(2).

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     Upon successful completion, the value 0 is returned; otherwise the
     value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the
     error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The file referred to by fileid is unloaded unless:

     [EPERM]		You don't have access to unlink the file from the kernel.


     [ENOENT]		The file was not found.

     [EBUSY]		You attempted to unload a file linked by the kernel.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

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

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.


FreeBSD 5.2.1			 March 3, 1999			 FreeBSD 5.2.1