kldxref -- generate hints for the kernel loader
kldxref [-Rdv] [-f file] [path ...]
The kldxref utility is used to generate hint files which list modules,
their version numbers, and the files that contain them. These hints are
used by the kernel loader to determine where to find a particular KLD
module.
A separate hint file is generated for each directory listed on the command
line that contains modules. If no hint records are generated for a
particular directory, no hint file is created, and the preexisting hint
file (if there was one in that directory) is removed.
The following options are available:
-R Recurse into subdirectories.
-d Do not generate a hint file, but print module metadata on standard
output.
-f file Specify a different name for the hint files than linker.hints.
-v Operate in verbose mode.
To build hint files for both standard and add-on modules:
kldxref /boot/kernel /boot/modules
To build hint files for all installed kernels:
kldxref -R /boot
kld(4), kldconfig(8), kldload(8), kldstat(8), kldunload(8)
The kldxref utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.
The kldxref utility was implemented by Boris Popov <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Boris Popov <[email protected]> and
Dag-Erling Coidan Smorgrav <[email protected]>.
FreeBSD 5.2.1 October 9, 2001 FreeBSD 5.2.1 [ Back ] | 