modfind - returns the modid of a kernel module

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.Lb libc

.In sys/param.h
.In sys/module.h int modfind const char *modname

The modfind system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by modname.

The modfind system call returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by file. Upon error, modfind returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

errno is set to the following if modfind fails:

[EFAULT]
	The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
[ENOENT]
	The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.

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

The kld interface first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .

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