freebsd man page for modfind

MODFIND(2)						      BSD System Calls Manual							MODFIND(2)

NAME
     modfind -- returns the modid of a kernel module

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/param.h>
     #include <sys/module.h>

     int
     modfind(const char *modname);

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

RETURN VALUES
     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.

ERRORS
     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.

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

HISTORY
     The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0.

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								September 28, 2000							       BSD