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(-)src/share/man/man4/kld.4 (-15 / +6 lines)
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New block and character device
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New block and character device
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drivers may be loaded into the system with
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drivers may be loaded into the system with
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.Nm .
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.Nm .
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The major problem with loading
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For more information consult with
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a device driver is that the driver's
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.Xr devd 8
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device nodes must exist for the
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and
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devices to be accessed.  They are usually
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.Xr devfs 5
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created by using
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8
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or
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.Xr mknod 8
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(if the device is not supported by the
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.Xr MAKEDEV 8
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script) or, by writing a
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shell script to run
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.Xr kldload 8
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which should run the appropriate program to create the devices when the
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driver has been successfully loaded.
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.El
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/include/sys/module.h -compact
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/include/sys/module.h -compact
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.Xr kldnext 2 ,
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.Xr kldnext 2 ,
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.Xr kldstat 2 ,
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.Xr kldstat 2 ,
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.Xr kldunload 2 ,
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.Xr kldunload 2 ,
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.Xr devfs 5 ,
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.Xr devd 8 ,
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.Xr kldload 8 ,
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.Xr kldload 8 ,
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.Xr kldstat 8 ,
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.Xr kldstat 8 ,
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.Xr kldunload 8
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.Xr kldunload 8

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