linux man page for kldload

KLDLOAD(2)                                                    BSD System Calls Manual                                                   KLDLOAD(2)

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.

BSD                                                                March 3, 1999                                                               BSD