1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Peter Pentchev 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD: src/sbin/kldconfig/kldconfig.8,v 1.2.2.2 2003/02/23 20:17:15 trhodes Exp $ 27.\" $DragonFly: src/sbin/kldconfig/kldconfig.8,v 1.4 2008/09/02 11:50:45 matthias Exp $ 28.\" 29.Dd September 2, 2008 30.Dt KLDCONFIG 8 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm kldconfig 34.Nd display or modify the kernel module search path 35.Sh SYNOPSIS 36.Nm 37.Op Fl dfimnUv 38.Op Fl S Ar name 39.Op Ar path ... 40.Nm 41.Fl r 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The 44.Nm 45utility 46displays or modifies the search path used by the kernel when loading modules 47using the 48.Xr kldload 8 49utility or the 50.Xr kldload 2 51syscall. 52.Pp 53The following options are available: 54.Bl -tag -width indent 55.It Fl d 56Remove the specified paths from the module search path. 57.It Fl f 58Do not display a diagnostic message if a path specified for adding is 59already present in the search path, or if a path specified for removing 60is not present in the search path. 61This may be useful in startup/shutdown scripts for adding a path to 62a file system which is still not mounted, or in shutdown scripts for 63unconditionally removing a path that may have been added during startup. 64.It Fl i 65Add the specified paths to the beginning of the search path, not to the end. 66This option can only be used when adding paths. 67.It Fl m 68Instead of replacing the module search path with the set of paths 69specified, 70.Dq merge 71in the new entries. 72.It Fl n 73Do not actually change the module search path. 74.It Fl r 75Display the current search path. 76This option cannot be used if any paths are also specified. 77.It Fl S Ar name 78Specify the sysctl name to use instead of the default 79.Va kern.module_path . 80.It Fl U 81.Dq Unique-ify 82the current search path - if any of the directories is repeated one 83or more times, only the first occurrence remains. 84This option implies 85.Fl m . 86.It Fl v 87Verbose output: display the new module search path. 88If the path has been changed, and the 89.Fl v 90flag is specified more than once, the old path is displayed as well. 91.El 92.Sh FILES 93.Bl -tag -width indent 94.It Pa / , /boot , /boot/modules 95The default module search path used by the kernel. 96.El 97.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 98The 99.Nm 100utility exits with a status of 0 on success 101and with a nonzero status if an error occurs. 102.Sh SEE ALSO 103.Xr kldload 2 , 104.Xr kldload 8 , 105.Xr sysctl 8 106.Sh HISTORY 107The 108.Nm 109utility first appeared in 110.Fx 4.4 . 111.Sh AUTHORS 112.An Peter Pentchev Aq roam@FreeBSD.org 113