KLDUNLOAD(8)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1

👑 kldunload(8) — the un-loadening 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to kldunload, straight out of the System Manager's Manual ✨ this is the utility that takes a file that was previously loaded into the kernel and goes "nope, we're done here" 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

kldunload — unload a file from the kernel 💖

like, literally, it unloads a file. from the kernel. that's the whole vibe check.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kldunload [-fv] -i id ...
kldunload [-fv] [-n] name ...

two whole ways in, bestie — pick your fighter 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The kldunload utility unloads a file which was previously loaded with kldload(8) 💫 so if you loaded it, you can unload it. balance. harmony. main character energy.

The following options are available:

  • -f — Force the unload 🔥 This ignores error returns to MOD_QUIESCE from the module, and it implies that the module should be unloaded even if it is currently in use. The users are left to cope as best they can 😭 no cap, this is the "I'm built different" flag — you're on your own after this one.
  • -v — Be more verbose 🗣️ more words, more info, more everything.
  • -i id — Unload the file with this ID 🎯
  • -n name — Unload the file with this name 🏷️
  • name — Unload the file with this name 💖 (yes, same as -n, she's flexible like that)
⚠️ a gentle reminder that -f is the dramatic one — it forces through even when the module says "wait, please, I'm still in use" 💀 the users are left to cope as best they can, and that's on them, fr fr.

🌈 EXIT STATUS 🌈

The kldunload utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs ⭐

zero means slay. anything else means something went sideways, bestie 🥲

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

go read your siblings, iykyk 💜

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

The kldunload utility first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0, replacing the lkm interface 👑 iconic behavior, retiring the old thing and stepping into the spotlight.

💖 AUTHORS 💖

Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org> — thank you for your service, king 🫡🌸

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀 this little beauty comes to you from Debian, dated February 27, 2006 — old money, literally. now go unload something responsibly, and remember: force is a choice 😭💖

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