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KLDXREF(8) System Manager's Manual 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 particular KLD module. A separate hint file is generated for each directory listed on the com- mand line that contains modules. If no hint records are generated for a particular directory, no hint file is created, and the preexisting hint file (if there was one in that directory) is removed. kldxref ignores files with at least two "."s in the filename, such as foo.ko.debug or bar.ko.pkgsave. Note that this means that modules can- not have names such as foo.bar.ko. This limitation however, has been lived practice since the beginning of FreeBSD's kernel modules. The following options are available: -R Recurse into subdirectories. -d Do not generate a hint file, but print module metadata 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>. FreeBSD 13.2 February 25, 2023 KLDXREF(8)
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