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Ivan Voras wrote:
> 2008/9/18 Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>:
>> 2008/9/18 Kris Kennaway <kris@freebsd.org>:
>>
>>>> # Don't build modules with this kernel config, since they are not built
>>>> with
>>>> # the correct options headers.
>>>> makeoptions     NO_MODULES=yes
>>>> """
>>>>
>>>> wrong?
>>> Not as such, but if you use buildkernel then modules *are* built with the
>>> correct options headers.  There's nothing fundamental preventing PAE modules
>>> from working, and indeed they do.
>> It would have been really useful in one occasion if I knew it before :)
>> I'll test it.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As described in the documentation and the config file, I cannot build
> kernel modules with PAE configured - I get a compile error at type
> mismatch of a VM item. Is there something special that needs to be
> done to get them built?
> 
> What I did: removed NO_MODULES from PAE config file and used make
> buildkernel KERNCONF=PAE .
> 
> 

Use MODULES_OVERRIDE.  Just as some drivers are disabled in the PAE 
kernel config, neither can they be built as modules.

Kris