From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 26 11: 9: 5 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB0237B401 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:09:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk [129.215.166.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB9F843F93 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:09:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from fourtytwo.brucec.backnet (12266209.resnet.ed.ac.uk [10.6.0.100] (may be forged)) by grassmarket.ucs.ed.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1QJ8dh28012; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:08:48 GMT Received: from fourtytwo.brucec.backnet (localhost.fourtytwo.brucec.backnet [127.0.0.1]) by fourtytwo.brucec.backnet (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1QJ8bb1003927; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:08:37 GMT (envelope-from bruce@fourtytwo.brucec.backnet) Received: (from bruce@localhost) by fourtytwo.brucec.backnet (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h1QJ8bHS003926; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:08:37 GMT Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:08:37 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: "Daniel C. Sobral" Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't load if_gif.ko Message-ID: <20030226190837.GA3810@fourtytwo.brucec.backnet> References: <3E5D07C6.4080806@tcoip.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E5D07C6.4080806@tcoip.com.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 03:30:30PM -0300, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > It seems something has gone wrong on current wrt if_gif: > > [root@pajeus etc]# ifconfig gif0 create > ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument > [root@pajeus etc]# kldload if_gif > kldload: can't load if_gif: No such file or directory > > It works for vlan, so that's not a general module/ifmodule loading problem. > > Very recent current. > It doesn't work on 4.7 either if IPv6 isn't compiled into the kernel. If you look at the kernel messages it might give you more information. It might be a different problem, but mine was wanting IPv6, and refused to load without it. This type of error reminds me of trying to run FreeBSD binaries on Linux - you run ./bsd_app and it says 'No such file or directory' which is less than helpful, while I generally find FreeBSD error messages to be a lot more informative. Would it be possible for this message to be reworded to be more helpful? The file does indeed exist, it's just that the system cannot load it. Or, if a module fails to load, maybe prompt the user to look at the kernel messages for any error messages? Bruce Cran To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message