git: 2ba48ee1ec83 - stable/15 - kldload.2: Provide more info about file argument
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:31:22 UTC
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 kldload