1.\" $NetBSD: modunload.8,v 1.11 2001/11/16 11:57:17 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed for the 17.\" NetBSD Project. See http://www.netbsd.org/ for 18.\" information about NetBSD. 19.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 20.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 23.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 24.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 25.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 26.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 27.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 28.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 29.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 30.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 31.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>> 34.\" 35.Dd June 7, 1993 36.Dt MODUNLOAD 8 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm modunload 40.Nd unload a kernel module 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm "" 43.Op Fl i Ar id 44.Op Fl n Ar name 45.Sh DESCRIPTION 46The 47.Nm 48utility unloads a loadable kernel module from a running system. 49The 50.Ar id 51or 52.Ar name 53is the ID or name of the module as shown by 54.Xr modstat 8 . 55.Pp 56One of the following options must be specified: 57.Bl -tag -width indent 58.It Fl i Ar id 59Unload the module with the ID 60.Ar id . 61.It Fl n Ar name 62Unload the module with the name 63.Ar name . 64.El 65.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 66The 67.Nm 68utility exits with a status of 0 on success 69and with a nonzero status if an error occurs. 70.Sh SEE ALSO 71.Xr lkm 4 , 72.Xr modload 8 , 73.Xr modstat 8 74.Sh HISTORY 75The 76.Nm 77command was designed to be similar in functionality 78to the corresponding command in 79.Tn "SunOS 4.1.3" . 80.Sh AUTHORS 81.Bl -tag 82.An Terrence R. Lambert Aq terry@cs.weber.edu 83.El 84