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35.Dd November 13, 2020
36.Dt MODLOAD 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm modload
40.Nd load a kernel module
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl fP
44.Op Fl b Ar var=boolean
45.Op Fl i Ar var=integer
46.Op Fl s Ar var=string
47.Ar module
48.Nm
49.Fl p
50.Op Fl b Ar var=boolean
51.Op Fl d Ar var
52.Op Fl i Ar var=integer
53.Op Fl m Ar plist
54.Op Fl s Ar var=string
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58utility loads a kernel module specified by the
59.Ar module
60parameter into the running system.
61.Pp
62Modules are loaded from the default system module areas unless the
63.Ar module
64parameter contains a path separator character
65.Pq Sq / .
66.Pp
67The options to
68.Nm
69are as follows:
70.Bl -tag -width xbxvarxbooleanx
71.It Fl b Ar var=boolean
72Pass the module a boolean property with the name
73.Ar var .
74.Ar boolean
75may be either
76.Dv true
77or
78.Dv false .
79.It Fl d Ar var
80When used in conjunction with
81.Fl m ,
82delete
83.Ar var
84from the
85.Ar plist
86specified.
87.It Fl f
88Force the module to be loaded.
89When a module is loaded, the kernel checks if the module is compatible
90with the running kernel and will refuse to load modules that are
91potentially incompatible.
92This option disables compatibility checks.
93.Em Note :
94an incompatible module can cause system instability, including data
95loss or corruption.
96.Pp
97This option is also required for re-enabling a builtin module that
98was disabled using
99.Xr modunload 8 .
100.It Fl i Ar var=integer
101Pass the module an integer property with the name
102.Ar var
103and integral value
104.Ar integer .
105.It Fl m Ar plist
106When used in conjunction with
107.Fl p ,
108merge new options with an existing property list contained in
109.Ar plist .
110.It Fl P
111This option tells the kernel not to load an associated property list.
112.It Fl p
113Output a property list suitable for loading along with a module.
114When using this option, you do not need to specify a module.
115Use
116.Fl m
117and
118.Fl d
119to read and modify an existing property list.
120.It Fl s Ar var=string
121Pass the module a string property with the name
122.Ar var
123and string value
124.Ar string .
125.El
126.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
127The
128.Nm
129utility exits with a status of 0 on success
130and with a nonzero status if an error occurs.
131.Sh SEE ALSO
132.Xr modctl 2 ,
133.Xr modules.conf 5 ,
134.Xr module 7 ,
135.Xr modstat 8 ,
136.Xr modunload 8
137.Sh HISTORY
138A
139.Nm
140utility appeared in
141.Nx 0.9 .
142The
143.Nm
144command was designed to be similar in functionality
145to the corresponding command in
146.Tn "SunOS 4.1.3" .
147.Nm
148was switched to the kernel object linker module framework for
149.Nx 5.0 ,
150derived from the same framework in
151.Fx .
152.Sh AUTHORS
153.An -nosplit
154The original
155.Nx
156implementation was written by
157.An Terrence R. Lambert Aq Mt terry@cs.weber.edu .
158The switch to the kernel object linker module framework was by
159.An Andrew Doran Aq Mt ad@NetBSD.org .
160