1modinfo(1M)             System Administration Commands             modinfo(1M)
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NAME

6       modinfo - display information about loaded kernel modules
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SYNOPSIS

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

13       The  modinfo utility displays information about the loaded modules. The
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16         Id Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
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20       where Id is the module ID, Loadaddr is the  starting  text  address  in
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22       bytes, Info is module specific information, Rev is the revision of  the
23       loadable  modules  system, and Module Name is the filename and descrip‐
24       tion of the module.
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27       The module specific information is the block and character  major  num‐
28       bers for drivers, the system call number for system calls, and unspeci‐
29       fied for other module types.
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OPTIONS

32       The following options are supported:
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34       -c              Display the number of instances of  the  module  loaded
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EXAMPLES

45       Example 1 Displaying the Status of a Module
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48       The following example displays the status of module 2:
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51         example% modinfo -i 2
52         Id   Loadaddr   Size Info Rev Module Name
53          2    ff08e000   1734   -   1  swapgeneric (root and swap configuration)
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57       Example 2 Displaying the Status of Kernel Modules
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60       The following example displays the status of some kernel modules:
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64         Id Loadaddr   Size Info Rev Module Name
65          2  ff08e000   1734   -   1  swapgeneric
66          4  ff07a000   3bc0   -   1  specfs (filesystem for specfs)
67          6  ff07dbc0   2918   -   1  TS (time sharing sched class)
68          7  ff0804d8    49c   -   1  TS_DPTBL (Time sharing dispatch table)
69          8  ff04a000  24a30   2   1  ufs (filesystem for ufs)
70          9  ff080978   c640 226   1  rpcmod (RPC syscall)
71          9  ff080978   c640   -   1  rpcmod (rpc interface str mod)
72         10  ff08cfb8  2031c   -   1  ip (IP Streams module)
73         10  ff08cfb8  2031c   2   1  ip (IP Streams device)
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78       Example 3 Using the -c Option
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81       Using  the  modinfo  command  with the -c option displays the number of
82       instances of the module loaded and the module's current state.
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85         example% modinfo -c
86         Id    Loadcnt Module Name                            State
87           1          0 krtld                            UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
88           2          0 genunix                          UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
89           3          0 platmod                          UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
90           4          0 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi              UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
91           5          0 cl_bootstrap                     UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
92           6          1 specfs                           LOADED/INSTALLED
93           7          1 swapgeneric                      UNLOADED/UNINSTALLED
94           8          1 TS                               LOADED/INSTALLED
95           9          1 TS_DPTBL                         LOADED/INSTALLED
96          10          1 ufs                              LOADED/INSTALLED
97          11          1 fssnap_if                        LOADED/INSTALLED
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ATTRIBUTES

102       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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107       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
108       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         │      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        │
109       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
110       │Availability                 │SUNWcsu                      │
111       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
112       │Interface Stability          │Evolving                     │
113       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
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SEE ALSO

116       modload(1M), modunload(1M), attributes(5)
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120SunOS 5.11                        1 Oct 2002                       modinfo(1M)
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