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.\" $Id: kldunload.2,v 1.1 1999/04/04 12:29:31 dfr Exp $
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.Dd March 3, 1999
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.Dt KLDUNLOAD 2
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.Os FreeBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm kldunload
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.Nd unload kld files
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <sys/param.h>
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.Fd #include <sys/linker.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn kldunload "int fileid"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The function
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.Fn kldunload
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unloads a kld file from the kernel that was previously linked via
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.Xr kldload 3 .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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The function
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.Fn kldunload
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returns the fileid of the kld file which was previously loaded into memory via
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.Fn kldload .
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If an error occurs,
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.Fn kldunload
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will return -1 and set
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.Va errno
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to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The file referred to by
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.Va fileid
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is unloaded unless:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EPERM
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You don't have access to unlink the file from the kernel.
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.It Bq Er ENOENT
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The file was not found.
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.It Bq Er EBUSY
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You attempted to unload a file linked by the kernel.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm kld
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interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.
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