Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:31:22 +0000 From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Cc: Artem Bunichev <tembun@bk.ru> Subject: git: 2ba48ee1ec83 - stable/15 - kldload.2: Provide more info about file argument Message-ID: <69d941fa.38cc0.18223697@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/15 has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2ba48ee1ec83b72388ae59cf9e2bc7d6eedbb27c commit 2ba48ee1ec83b72388ae59cf9e2bc7d6eedbb27c Author: Artem Bunichev <tembun@bk.ru> AuthorDate: 2026-03-26 13:11:26 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-04-10 18:29:36 +0000 kldload.2: Provide more info about file argument The information is basically taken from kldload(8). Reviewed by: kib, ziaee Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55170 (cherry picked from commit 1e2c9bcc4ed5fd2a27abdbcf5dfb007193251648) --- lib/libsys/kldload.2 | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libsys/kldload.2 b/lib/libsys/kldload.2 index 63a13c328d58..55dd16300af0 100644 --- a/lib/libsys/kldload.2 +++ b/lib/libsys/kldload.2 @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd March 3, 1999 +.Dd March 26, 2026 .Dt KLDLOAD 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,7 +39,20 @@ The .Fn kldload system call -loads a kld file into the kernel using the kernel linker. +loads a kld file specified by +.Fa file +into the kernel using the kernel linker (see +.Xr kld 4 ) . +The +.Fa file +can be specified as a full or relative path, or otherwise is searched +within the module path as defined by the +loader tunable and sysctl variable +.Va kern.module_path . +The .ko +extension for +.Fa file +is not mandatory. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn kldloadhome | help
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