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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man8/modinfo.8 b/usr/src/man/man8/modinfo.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..763c314e53 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/man/man8/modinfo.8 @@ -0,0 +1,161 @@ +'\" te +.\" Copyright (C) 2002, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved +.\" The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. +.\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. +.\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE. If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] +.TH MODINFO 8 "Oct 1, 2002" +.SH NAME +modinfo \- display information about loaded kernel modules +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +\fB/usr/sbin/modinfo\fR [\fB-c\fR] [\fB-w\fR] [\fB-i\fR \fImodule-id\fR] +.fi + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.sp +.LP +The \fBmodinfo\fR utility displays information about the loaded modules. The +format of the information is as follows: +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +\fIId\fR \fILoadaddr\fR \fISize\fR \fIInfo\fR \fIRev\fR \fIModule Name\fR +.fi +.in -2 + +.sp +.LP +where \fIId\fR is the module ID, \fILoadaddr\fR is the starting text address in +hexadecimal, \fISize\fR is the size of text, data, and bss in hexadecimal +bytes, \fIInfo\fR is module specific information, \fIRev\fR is the revision of +the loadable modules system, and \fIModule Name\fR is the filename and +description of the module. +.sp +.LP +The module specific information is the block and character major numbers for +drivers, the system call number for system calls, and unspecified for other +module types. +.SH OPTIONS +.sp +.LP +The following options are supported: +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB\fB-c\fR\fR +.ad +.RS 16n +Display the number of instances of the module loaded and the module's current +state. +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB\fB-i\fR\fI module-id\fR\fR +.ad +.RS 16n +Display information about this module only. +.RE + +.sp +.ne 2 +.na +\fB\fB-w\fR\fR +.ad +.RS 16n +Do not truncate module information at \fB80\fR characters. +.RE + +.SH EXAMPLES +.LP +\fBExample 1 \fRDisplaying the Status of a Module +.sp +.LP +The following example displays the status of module 2: + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +example% \fBmodinfo -i 2\fR +Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name + 2 ff08e000 1734 - 1 swapgeneric (root and swap configuration) +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 2 \fRDisplaying the Status of Kernel Modules +.sp +.LP +The following example displays the status of some kernel modules: + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +example% \fBmodinfo\fR +Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name + 2 ff08e000 1734 - 1 swapgeneric + 4 ff07a000 3bc0 - 1 specfs (filesystem for specfs) + 6 ff07dbc0 2918 - 1 TS (time sharing sched class) + 7 ff0804d8 49c - 1 TS_DPTBL (Time sharing dispatch table) + 8 ff04a000 24a30 2 1 ufs (filesystem for ufs) + 9 ff080978 c640 226 1 rpcmod (RPC syscall) + 9 ff080978 c640 - 1 rpcmod (rpc interface str mod) +10 ff08cfb8 2031c - 1 ip (IP Streams module) +10 ff08cfb8 2031c 2 1 ip (IP Streams device) + +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.LP +\fBExample 3 \fRUsing the \fB-c\fR Option +.sp +.LP +Using the \fBmodinfo\fR command with the \fB-c\fR option displays the number of +instances of the module loaded and the module's current state. + +.sp +.in +2 +.nf +example% \fBmodinfo -c \fR +Id Loadcnt Module Name State + 1 0 krtld UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED + 2 0 genunix UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED + 3 0 platmod UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED + 4 0 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED + 5 0 cl_bootstrap UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED + 6 1 specfs LOADED/INSTALLED + 7 1 swapgeneric UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED + 8 1 TS LOADED/INSTALLED + 9 1 TS_DPTBL LOADED/INSTALLED + 10 1 ufs LOADED/INSTALLED + 11 1 fssnap_if LOADED/INSTALLED +.fi +.in -2 +.sp + +.SH ATTRIBUTES +.sp +.LP +See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +.sp + +.sp +.TS +box; +c | c +l | l . +ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE +_ +Interface Stability Evolving +.TE + +.SH SEE ALSO +.sp +.LP +.BR attributes (7), +.BR modload (8), +.BR modunload (8) |