NAME

rem_drv − remove a device driver from the system

SYNOPSIS

rem_drv [ −b basedir ] device_driver

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

The rem_drv command informs the system that the device driver device_driver is no longer valid.  If possible, rem_drv unloads device_driver from memory.  Entries for the device in the /devices namespace are removed.  rem_drv also updates the system driver configuration files. 

If rem_drv has been executed, the next time the system is rebooted it will automatically perform a reconfiguration boot (see kernel(1M)). 

OPTIONS

−b basedir Sets the path to the root directory of the diskless client.  Used on the server to execute rem_drv for a client.  The client machine must be rebooted to unload the driver. 

EXAMPLES

The following example removes the sd driver from use:

example% rem_drv sd

The next example removes the driver from the sun1 diskless client.  The driver will not be uninstalled nor unloaded until the client machine is rebooted. 

example% rem_drv -b /export/root/sun1 sd

SEE ALSO

add_drv(1M), drvconfig(1M), kernel(1M)

SunOS 5.5/x86  —  Last change: 18 Sep 1994