1*cb7bef0aSwiz.\" $NetBSD: modunload.8,v 1.23 2016/09/12 06:55:10 wiz Exp $ 20114e805Scgd.\" 326e41afeScgd.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou 426e41afeScgd.\" All rights reserved. 526e41afeScgd.\" 626e41afeScgd.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 726e41afeScgd.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 826e41afeScgd.\" are met: 926e41afeScgd.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 1026e41afeScgd.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 1126e41afeScgd.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 1226e41afeScgd.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 1326e41afeScgd.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14db755e7cScgd.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15db755e7cScgd.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16db755e7cScgd.\" This product includes software developed for the 17c39c2e62Sgrant.\" NetBSD Project. See http://www.NetBSD.org/ for 18db755e7cScgd.\" information about NetBSD. 19db755e7cScgd.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 20db755e7cScgd.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 2126e41afeScgd.\" 2226e41afeScgd.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 2326e41afeScgd.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 2426e41afeScgd.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 2526e41afeScgd.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 2626e41afeScgd.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 2726e41afeScgd.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 2826e41afeScgd.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 2926e41afeScgd.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 3026e41afeScgd.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 3126e41afeScgd.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 3226e41afeScgd.\" 33db755e7cScgd.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>> 34db755e7cScgd.\" 35441c8e30Ssevan.Dd September 12, 2016 3626e41afeScgd.Dt MODUNLOAD 8 3773f545bbSwiz.Os 3826e41afeScgd.Sh NAME 3926e41afeScgd.Nm modunload 4026e41afeScgd.Nd unload a kernel module 4126e41afeScgd.Sh SYNOPSIS 42990562bfSwiz.Nm 430efea177Sad.Ar name 44ed7bfdfaSjmcneill\&... 4526e41afeScgd.Sh DESCRIPTION 4626e41afeScgdThe 4726e41afeScgd.Nm 4826e41afeScgdutility unloads a loadable kernel module from a running system. 490efea177Sad.Pp 5026e41afeScgd.Ar name 510efea177Sadis name of the module to be unloaded, as shown by 5226e41afeScgd.Xr modstat 8 . 53696ffdd0Spooka.Pp 54696ffdd0SpookaBuiltin modules will not be unloaded from memory, but they will be 55696ffdd0Spookadisabled. 56696ffdd0SpookaThey can be re-enabled using 57696ffdd0Spooka.Xr modload 8 . 5826e41afeScgd.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 5926e41afeScgdThe 6026e41afeScgd.Nm 6126e41afeScgdutility exits with a status of 0 on success 6226e41afeScgdand with a nonzero status if an error occurs. 6326e41afeScgd.Sh SEE ALSO 64e6045f63Spgoyette.Xr modctl 2 , 6591e230c6Sjruoho.Xr module 7 , 660a1e7de7Sjtc.Xr modload 8 , 6726e41afeScgd.Xr modstat 8 6826e41afeScgd.Sh HISTORY 69441c8e30SsevanA 70441c8e30Ssevan.Nm 71441c8e30Ssevanutility appeared in 72441c8e30Ssevan.Nx 5.0 . 7326e41afeScgdThe 7426e41afeScgd.Nm 7526e41afeScgdcommand was designed to be similar in functionality 7626e41afeScgdto the corresponding command in 7726e41afeScgd.Tn "SunOS 4.1.3" . 78*cb7bef0aSwiz.Sh AUTHORS 79441c8e30Ssevan.An Andrew Doran Aq Mt ad@NetBSD.org . 80