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System Administration Commands

modunload(1M)

NAME
modunload - unload a module
SYNOPSIS
modunload -i module_id [-e exec_file]
DESCRIPTION
modunload unloads a loadable module from the running system.
The module_id is the ID of the module as shown by
modinfo(1M). If ID is 0, all modules that were autoloaded
which are unloadable, are unloaded. Modules loaded by
modload(1M) are not affected.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-e exec_file Specify the name of a shell script or executable image file to be executed before the
module is unloaded. The first argument
passed is the module id (in decimal). There
are two additional arguments that are module
specific. For loadable drivers, the second
argument is the driver major number. For
loadable system calls, the second argument
is the system call number. For loadable exec
classes, the second argument is the index
into the execsw table. For loadable filesystems, the second argument is the index into
the vfssw table. For loadable streams
modules, the second argument is the index
into the fmodsw table. For loadable scheduling classes, the second argument is the
index into the class array. Minus one is
passed for an argument that does not apply.
-i module_id

Specify the module to be unloaded.

ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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SunOS 5.10

Last change: 19 Nov 2001

System Administration Commands

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modunload(1M)

SEE ALSO
modinfo(1M), modload(1M), update_drv(1M), attributes(5)
NOTES
The modunload command is often used on driver modules to
force the system to reread the associated driver configuration file. While this works in the current Solaris release,
it is not the supported way to reread the configuration file
and is not guaranteed to work in future releases. The supported way for rereading driver configuration file is
through the update_drv(1M) command.
SunOS 5.10

Last change: 19 Nov 2001