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28.Dd September 28, 2000
29.Dt MODFIND 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm modfind
33.Nd returns the modid of a kernel module
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libc
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In sys/param.h
38.In sys/module.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn modfind "const char *modname"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The function
43.Fn modfind
44returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by
45.Fa modname .
46.Sh RETURN VALUES
47.Fn modfind
48returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by
49.Fa file .
50Upon error,
51.Fn modfind
52returns -1 and sets
53.Va errno
54to indicate the error.
55.Sh ERRORS
56.Va errno
57is set to the following if
58.Fn modfind
59fails:
60.Bl -tag -width Er
61.It Bq Er EFAULT
62The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
63.It Bq Er ENOENT
64The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.
65.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr kldfind 2 ,
68.Xr kldfirstmod 2 ,
69.Xr kldload 2 ,
70.Xr kldnext 2 ,
71.Xr kldstat 2 ,
72.Xr kldsym 2 ,
73.Xr kldunload 2 ,
74.Xr modfnext 2 ,
75.Xr modnext 2 ,
76.Xr modstat 2 ,
77.Xr kld 4 ,
78.Xr kldstat 8
79.Sh HISTORY
80The
81.Nm kld
82interface first appeared in
83.Fx 3.0 .
84