kldload(2)
load KLD files into the kernel
LIBRARY
Lb libc
SYNOPSIS
In sys/param.h
In sys/linker.h
Ft int
Fn kldload const char *file
DESCRIPTION
The
Fn kldload
system call
loads a kld file into the kernel using the kernel linker.
RETURN VALUES
The
Fn kldload
system call
returns the fileid of the kld file which was loaded into the kernel.
If an error occurs,
Fn kldload
will return -1 and set
errno
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The named file is loaded unless:
- Bq Er EPERM
-
You do not have access to read the file or link it with the kernel.
You should be the root user to be able to use the
kld
system calls.
- Bq Er EFAULT
-
Bad address encountered when adding kld info into the kernel space.
- Bq Er ENOMEM
-
There is no memory to load the file into the kernel.
- Bq Er ENOENT
-
The file was not found.
- Bq Er ENOEXEC
-
The file format of
Fa file
was unrecognized.
- Bq Er EEXIST
-
The supplied
Fa file
has already been loaded.
HISTORY
The
kld
interface first appeared in
Fx 3.0 .
