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29 .Dd September 28, 2000
34 .Nd returns the modid of a kernel module
41 .Fn modfind "const char *modname"
45 returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by
49 returns the modid of the kernel module referenced by
55 to indicate the error.
58 is set to the following if
63 The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
65 The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.
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