modinfo

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                  modinfo(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      modinfo - display information about loaded kernel modules
 


SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/modinfo [ -c ]  [ -w ]  [ -i module-id ]
 


DESCRIPTION
      The modinfo utility displays information  about  the  loaded
      modules. The format of the information is as follows:
 
 
      Id  Loadaddr  Size  Info  Rev  Module Name
 
      where  Id is the module ID,  Loadaddr is the  starting  text
      address  in hexadecimal, Size is the size of text, data, and
      bss in hexadecimal bytes,  Info is module specific  informa-
      tion,   Rev  is the revision of the loadable modules system,
      and  Module Name is the  filename  and  description  of  the
      module.
 
      The module specific information is the block  and  character
      major numbers for drivers, the system call number for system
      calls, or, for  other  module  types,  the  index  into  the
      appropriate kernel table:
 
           fmodsw
                 for STREAMS modules
 
           vfssw for filesystems
 
           class for scheduling classes
 
           execsw
                 for exec modules
 
 


OPTIONS
      The following options are supported:
 
      -c    Displays the number of instances of the module  loaded
            and the module's current state.
 
      -i module-id
            Displays information about this module only.
 
      -w    Does not truncate module information at 80 characters.
 
 EXAMPLES
      Example 1: Using  the modinfo command.
 
      The following example displays the status of module 3:
 
 
 
 
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 Maintenance Commands                                  modinfo(1M)
 
 
 
      example% modinfo -i 3
      Id  Loadaddr  Size  Info  Rev  Module Name
      3   f5a7a000  3bc0  1     1    spedfs (filesystem for specfs)
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      modload(1M), modunload(1M), attributes(5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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