1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Doug Rabson 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/kldload/kldload.8,v 1.7.2.10 2002/12/07 08:44:02 jmallett Exp $ 27.\" 28.Dd December 12, 2014 29.Dt KLDLOAD 8 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm kldload 33.Nd load a file into the kernel 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm 36.Op Fl nv 37.Ar 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Nm 41utility loads 42.Ar file Ns Pa .ko 43into the kernel using the kernel linker. 44Note that if multiple modules are specified then an attempt will 45be made to load them all, even if some fail. 46.Pp 47The following options are available: 48.Bl -tag -width indent 49.It Fl n 50Do not try to load module if already loaded. 51.It Fl v 52Be more verbose. 53.El 54.Sh FILES 55.Bl -tag -width /boot/kernel -compact 56.It Pa /boot/kernel 57directory containing loadable modules. 58Modules must have an extension of 59.Pa .ko . 60.El 61.Sh EXIT STATUS 62.Ex -std 63.Sh AUTOMATICALLY LOADING MODULES 64Some modules (ipfw, etc.) may be automatically loaded at boot 65time by having their operation enabled in 66.Xr rc.conf 5 . 67Modules may also be auto-loaded through their addition to 68.Xr loader.conf 5 . 69.Sh SEE ALSO 70.Xr kldload 2 , 71.Xr loader.conf 5 , 72.Xr rc.conf 5 , 73.Xr kldstat 8 , 74.Xr kldunload 8 75.Sh HISTORY 76The 77.Nm 78utility first appeared in 79.Fx 3.0 , 80replacing the 81.Xr lkm 4 82interface. 83.Sh AUTHORS 84.An Doug Rabson Aq Mt dfr@FreeBSD.org 85