Reference

kldunload(2)

unload kld files

NAME

kldunload – unload kld files

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>

#include <sys/linker.h>

int

kldunload(int fileid);

DESCRIPTION

The kldunload() system call unloads a kld file from the kernel that was previously linked via kldload(2).

RETURN VALUES

The kldunload() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The file referred to by fileid is unloaded unless:

[EPERM]

You do not have access to unlink the file from the kernel.

[ENOENT]

The file was not found.

[EBUSY]

You attempted to unload a file linked by the kernel.

SEE ALSO

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

HISTORY

The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.