kldxref(8)
NAME
kldxref - generate hints for the kernel loader
SYNOPSIS
kldxref [-Rdv] [-f hintsfile] path ...
DESCRIPTION
- The kldxref utility is used to generate hint files which
- list modules,
their version numbers, and the files that contain them. - These hints are
used by the kernel loader to determine where to find a par - ticular KLD
module. - A separate hint file is generated for each directory listed
- on the command line that contains modules. If no hint records are
- generated for a
particular directory, no hint file is created, and the pre - existing hint
file (if there was one in that directory) is removed. - The following options are available:
- -R Recurse into subdirectories.
- -d Do not generate a hint file, but print module meta
- data on stan
- dard output.
- -f hintsfile
- Specify a different name for the hints files than
- linker.hints.
- -v Operate in verbose mode.
EXAMPLES
- To build hint files for both standard and add-on modules:
- kldxref /boot/kernel /boot/modules
- To build hint files for all installed kernels:
kldxref -R /boot
SEE ALSO
kld(4), kldconfig(8), kldload(8), kldstat(8), kldunload(8)
HISTORY
The kldxref utility first appeared in FreeBSD 5.0.
AUTHORS
- The kldxref utility was implemented by Boris Popov
- <bp@FreeBSD.org>.
This manual page was written by Boris Popov <bp@FreeBSD.org> - and
Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>. - BSD October 9, 2001