MODFIND(2)                FreeBSD System Calls Manual               MODFIND(2)

NAME
     modfind - returns the modid of a kernel module

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/module.h>

     int
     modfind(const char *modname);

DESCRIPTION
     The modfind() system call returns the modid of the kernel module
     referenced by modname.

RETURN VALUES
     The modfind() system call returns the modid of the kernel module
     referenced by modname.  Upon error, modfind() returns -1 and sets errno
     to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     errno is set to the following if modfind() fails:

     [EFAULT]           The data required for this operation could not be read
                        from the kernel space.

     [ENOENT]           The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.

SEE ALSO
     kldfind(2), kldfirstmod(2), kldload(2), kldnext(2), kldstat(2),
     kldsym(2), kldunload(2), modfnext(2), modnext(2), modstat(2), kld(4),
     kldstat(8)

HISTORY
     The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6       September 28, 2000       FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p6