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modload(1M)

modunload(1M)

attributes(5)

modinfo(1M)

NAME

modinfo − display information about loaded kernel modules

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/modinfo [ −i module-id ]

DESCRIPTION

modinfo displays information about the loaded modules.  The format of the information is as follows:

Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name

where Id is the module ID, Loadaddr is the starting text address in hex, size is the size of text, data, and bss in hex bytes, Info is module specific info, Rev is the revision of the loadable modules system, and Module Name is the filename and description of the module. 

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:

fmodsw for streams modules

vfssw for filesystems

class for scheduling classes

execsw for exec modules

OPTIONS

−i module-id Display information about this module only. 

EXAMPLES

The following example displays the status of module 2:

example% modinfo −i 2

Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
2 ff08e000 1734   − 1 swapgeneric
(root and swap configuration)

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWcsu

SEE ALSO

modload(1M), modunload(1M), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.6  —  Last change: 10 Jan 1995

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