80 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
80 lines
2.7 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: modunload.8,v 1.23 2016/09/12 06:55:10 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed for the
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.\" NetBSD Project. See http://www.NetBSD.org/ for
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.\" information about NetBSD.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\"
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.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>>
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.\"
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.Dd September 12, 2016
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.Dt MODUNLOAD 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm modunload
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.Nd unload a kernel module
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar name
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\&...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility unloads a loadable kernel module from a running system.
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.Pp
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.Ar name
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is name of the module to be unloaded, as shown by
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.Xr modstat 8 .
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.Pp
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Builtin modules will not be unloaded from memory, but they will be
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disabled.
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They can be re-enabled using
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.Xr modload 8 .
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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The
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.Nm
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utility exits with a status of 0 on success
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and with a nonzero status if an error occurs.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr modctl 2 ,
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.Xr module 7 ,
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.Xr modload 8 ,
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.Xr modstat 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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utility appeared in
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.Nx 5.0 .
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The
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.Nm
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command was designed to be similar in functionality
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to the corresponding command in
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.Tn "SunOS 4.1.3" .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Andrew Doran Aq Mt ad@NetBSD.org .
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