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32 .Nd kld utility functions
38 .Fn kld_isloaded "const char *name"
40 .Fn kld_load "const char *name"
42 These functions facilitate loading kernel modules from userland
47 function takes a name and returns a non-zero value if a module of that
48 name is currently loaded.
49 The name can be either the name of a module file
51 the same name without the
55 or the name of a module contained within that file
57 Only the latter will return correct results if the module is compiled
62 function is a simple wrapper around the
65 It returns zero if and only if the corresponding
67 call succeeded or returned
69 (signifying that the requested module was already loaded).
83 functions first appeared in
90 functions and this manual page were written by
91 .An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@FreeBSD.org .