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34 .Nd kernel module declaration macro
37 .Fn DECLARE_MODULE "name" "moduledata_t data" "sub" "order"
41 macro declares a generic kernel module.
42 It is used to register the module with the system, using the
46 is usually used within other macros, such as
50 .Xr SYSCALL_MODULE 9 .
51 However, it can be called directly of course, for example in
52 order to implement dynamic sysctls.
58 is the name of the module, which will be used in the
60 call to identify the module.
65 structure, which contains two main items, the official name of the
66 module, which will be used in the
68 structure and a pointer to the event handler function of type
72 is an argument directed to the
75 Valid values for this are contained in the
80 and specify the type of system startup interfaces.
85 here for example, since these modules contain a driver for a device.
86 For kernel modules that are loaded at runtime, a value of
92 value is another argument for
94 It represents the KLDs order of initialization within the subsystem.
95 Valid values are defined in the
96 .Vt sysinit_elem_order
101 .Xr DRIVER_MODULE 9 ,
106 .Pa /usr/share/examples/kld
109 This manual page was written by
110 .An Alexander Langer Aq Mt alex@FreeBSD.org ,
111 inspired by the KLD Facility Programming Tutorial by
112 .An Andrew Reiter Aq Mt arr@watson.org .