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.Dd March 3, 1999 .Dt KLDLOAD 2 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm kldload .Nd load KLD files into the kernel .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libc .Sh SYNOPSIS n sys/param.h n sys/linker.h .Ft int .Fn kldload "const char *file" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn kldload system call loads a kld file into the kernel using the kernel linker. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn kldload system call returns the fileid of the kld file which was loaded into the kernel. If an error occurs, .Fn kldload will return -1 and set .Va errno to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS The named file is loaded unless: l -tag -width Er t Bq Er EPERM You do not have access to read the file or link it with the kernel. You should be the root user to be able to use the .Nm kld system calls. t Bq Er EFAULT Bad address encountered when adding kld info into the kernel space. t Bq Er ENOMEM There is no memory to load the file into the kernel. t Bq Er ENOENT The file was not found. t Bq Er ENOEXEC The file format of .Fa file was unrecognized. t Bq Er EEXIST The supplied .Fa file has already been loaded. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kldfind 2 , .Xr kldfirstmod 2 , .Xr kldnext 2 , .Xr kldstat 2 , .Xr kldsym 2 , .Xr kldunload 2 , .Xr modfind 2 , .Xr modfnext 2 , .Xr modnext 2 , .Xr modstat 2 , .Xr kld 4 , .Xr kldload 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm kld interface first appeared in .Fx 3.0 .