1.\" $NetBSD: modunload.8,v 1.15 2003/09/06 20:12:41 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 September 6, 2003 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.Nm 46.Op Ar id Ns \&| Ns Ar name 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Nm 50utility unloads a loadable kernel module from a running system. 51The 52.Ar id 53or 54.Ar name 55is the ID or name of the module as shown by 56.Xr modstat 8 . 57.Pp 58One of the following options may be specified: 59.Bl -tag -width indent 60.It Fl i Ar id 61Unload the module with the ID 62.Ar id . 63.It Fl n Ar name 64Unload the module with the name 65.Ar name . 66.El 67.Pp 68If the option is not specified, the provided argument 69is used as module ID if it's numeric. 70If the argument is not numeric, it's used as module name. 71.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 72The 73.Nm 74utility exits with a status of 0 on success 75and with a nonzero status if an error occurs. 76.Sh SEE ALSO 77.Xr lkm 4 , 78.Xr modload 8 , 79.Xr modstat 8 80.Sh HISTORY 81The 82.Nm 83command was designed to be similar in functionality 84to the corresponding command in 85.Tn "SunOS 4.1.3" . 86.Sh AUTHORS 87.Bl -tag 88.An Terrence R. Lambert 89.Aq terry@cs.weber.edu . 90.El 91