KLDFIRSTMOD(2)

💅 kldfirstmod(2) — System Calls Manual bestie, we're here 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

kldfirstmod — return first module id from the kld file specified

🎀 LIBRARY 🎀

Standard C Library — libc, -lc

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <sys/linker.h>

int
kldfirstmod(int fileid);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the kldfirstmod() system call returns the module id pertaining to the first module referenced by fileid. literally that's it: you hand it fileid, and it hands you back the module id of the first module that fileid references. slay. ✨

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

kldfirstmod() will return the id of the first module referenced by fileid, or 0 if there are no references. no references? zero. periodt. 💅

💀 ERRORS 💀

• [ENOENT] — the kld file referenced by fileid was not found. 😭

bestie, that's the error case this page gives us: if that kld file is not found, [ENOENT] is the vibe. 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kldfind(2), kldload(2), kldnext(2), kldstat(2), kldsym(2), kldunload(2), modfind(2), modfnext(2), modnext(2), modstat(2), kld(4), kldstat(8)

go read those if you wanna complete the kld cinematic universe. 🍓

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

The kld interface first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0. iconic behavior, honestly. 👑

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xoxo, your syscall bestie 💖 — this page's source/version and date are Debian and March 3, 1999. periodt. 🎀