NAME

       kldload — load KLD files into the kernel

LIBRARY

       Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/param.h>
       #include <sys/linker.h>

       int
       kldload(const char *file);

DESCRIPTION

       The kldload() system call loads a kld file into the kernel using the kernel linker.

RETURN VALUES

       The  kldload()  system  call  returns the fileid of the kld file which was loaded into the kernel.  If an
       error occurs, kldload() will return -1 and set errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The named file is loaded unless:

       [EPERM]            You do not have access to read the file or link it with the kernel.  You should be the
                          root user to be able to use the kld system calls.

       [EFAULT]           Bad address encountered when adding kld info into the kernel space.

       [ENOMEM]           There is no memory to load the file into the kernel.

       [ENOENT]           The file was not found.

       [ENOEXEC]          The file format of file was unrecognized.

       [EEXIST]           The supplied file has already been loaded.

SEE ALSO

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

HISTORY

       The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

Debian                                            March 3, 1999                                       KLDLOAD(2)