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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 modname.
     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.