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MODLOAD(1M)							   MODLOAD(1M)

NAME
       modload - load a kernel module

SYNOPSIS
       modload [-p] [-e exec_file] filename

DESCRIPTION
       The  modload  command loads the loadable module	filename into the run‐
       ning system.

       filename is an object file produced by ld -r. If filename is  an	 abso‐
       lute  pathname then the file specified by that absolute path is loaded.
       If  filename does not begin with a slash (/), then  the	path  to  load
       filename	 is relative to the current directory unless the  -p option is
       specified.

       The kernel's modpath variable can be set using  the  /etc/system	 file.
       The  default  value of the kernel's modpath variable is set to the path
       where the operating system  was	loaded.	  Typically  this  is  /kernel
       /usr/kernel.

       For example, the following command looks for ./drv/foo:

	 example# modload drv/foo

       The  following  command	looks  for  /kernel/drv/foo and then /usr/ker‐
       nel/drv/foo:

	 example# modload -p drv/foo

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -e exec_file
		       Specify the name of a shell script or  executable image
		       file  that is executed after the module is successfully
		       loaded.	The first argument passed is the module ID (in
		       decimal).  The  other  argument is module specific. The
		       module specific information is: the block and character
		       major  numbers  for drivers, the system call number for
		       system calls, or, for  other module  types,  the	 index
		       into the appropriate kernel table. See  modinfo(1M)

       -p
		       Use  the	 kernel's  internal  modpath  variable	as the
		       search path for the module.

SEE ALSO
       ld(1), add_drv(1M), kernel(1M), modinfo(1M), modunload(1M),  system(4),
       attributes(5),	modldrv(9S),   modlinkage(9S),	 modlstrmod(9S),  mod‐
       ule_info(9S)

NOTES
       Use add_drv(1M) to add device drivers, not modload. See	for procedures
       on adding device drivers.

				  Dec 1, 1993			   MODLOAD(1M)
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