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 	dummynet.4 fd.4 fpa.4 \
 	icmp.4 ifmib.4 iic.4 iicbb.4 iicbus.4 iicsmb.4 \
 	inet.4 intpm.4 intro.4 ip.4 ipfirewall.4 kld.4 \
-	lkm.4 lo.4 lp.4 lpbb.4 lpt.4 natm.4 netintro.4 \
+	lo.4 lp.4 lpbb.4 lpt.4 natm.4 netintro.4 \
 	null.4 od.4 pass.4 ppbus.4 ppi.4 ppp.4 pt.4 pty.4 \
 	route.4 sa.4 scsi.4 \
 	sd.4 sl.4 smb.4 smbus.4 smp.4 snp.4 sppp.4 ssc.4 st.4 su.4 tcp.4 \

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-.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
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-.\"	$Id: lkm.4,v 1.9 1997/02/22 13:24:36 peter Exp $
-.\"
-.Dd January 17, 1996
-.Dt LKM 4
-.Os FreeBSD 2.0
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm lkm
-.Nd loadable kernel module facility
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-Loadable kernel modules allow the system administrator to
-dynamically add and remove functionality from a running system.
-This ability also helps software developers to develop
-new parts of the kernel without constantly rebooting to
-test their changes.
-.Pp
-Various types of modules can be loaded into the system.
-There are several defined module types, listed below, which can
-be added to the system in a predefined way.  In addition, there
-is a generic type, for which the module itself handles loading and
-unloading.
-.Pp
-The
-.Tn FreeBSD
-system makes extensive use of loadable kernel modules, and provides
-loadable versions of most filesystems, the 
-.Tn NFS
-client and server, all the screen-savers, and the
-.Tn iBCS2
-and
-.Tn Linux
-emulators.  Modules distributed with the system are found in the
-.Pa /lkm
-directory.
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-interface is used by performing
-.Xr ioctl 2
-calls on the
-.Pa /dev/lkm
-device.  Normally all operations involving
-Loadable Kernel Modules are handled by the
-.Xr modload 8 ,
-.Xr modunload 8 ,
-and
-.Xr modstat 8
-programs.  Users should never have to interact with
-.Pa /dev/lkm
-directly.
-.Sh "MODULE TYPES"
-.Bl -ohang
-.It Em "System Call modules"
-System calls may be replaced by loading
-new ones via the
-.Nm
-interface.  All system calls may be
-replaced, but special care should
-be taken with the
-.Xr ioctl 2
-system call, as it is used to load and
-unload modules.
-.Pp
-When a system call module is unloaded,
-the system call which
-was replaced by the loadable module
-is returned to its rightful place
-in the system call table.
-.It Em "Virtual File System modules"
-Virtual file systems may be added
-via the
-.Nm
-interface.
-.It Em "Device Driver modules"
-New block and character device
-drivers may be loaded into the system with
-.Nm LKM .
-The major problem with loading
-a device driver is that the driver's
-device nodes must be exist for the
-devices to be accessed.  They are usually
-created by instructing
-.Xr modload 8
-to run an appropriate program when
-the driver has been successfully loaded.
-.It Em "Execution classes"
-Also known as image activators, execution classes are the mechanisms
-by which the
-.Xr execve 2
-system call is able to recognize an executable file's format and load it
-into memory.
-.It Em "Miscellaneous modules"
-Miscellaneous modules are modules
-for which there are not currently
-well-defined or well-used interfaces
-for extension.  Users are expected
-to write their own loaders to manipulate
-whatever kernel data structures necessary
-to enable and disable the new module
-when it is loaded and unloaded.
-.El
-.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/examples/lkm -compact
-.It Pa /dev/lkm
-.Nm
-interface device
-.It Pa /lkm
-directory containing module binaries shipped with the system
-.It Pa /usr/include/sys/lkm.h
-file containing definitions of module types
-.It Pa /usr/share/examples/lkm
-example source code implementing two of the module types
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr modload 8 ,
-.Xr modstat 8 ,
-.Xr modunload 8
-.Sh BUGS
-If a module fails to initialize itself correctly, and the system is
-able to detect this failure, it will panic immediately.
-.Pp
-When system internal interfaces change, old modules often cannot
-detect this, and such modules when loaded will often cause crashes or
-mysterious failures.
-.Sh AUTHORS
-The
-.Nm
-facility was originally implemented by
-.An Terrence R. Lambert .
-Loadable filesystems were implemented by
-.An Garrett Wollman ,
-and loadable
-execution classes were implemented by
-.An David Greenman ,
-.An Soren Schmidt ,
-and
-.An Garrett Wollman .
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm
-facility was designed to be similar in functionality
-to the loadable kernel modules facility provided by
-.Tn SunOS
-4.1.3.