From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jun 23 8:24:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.cl.msu.edu (phoenix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933A915094 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:24:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ikhala@phoenix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from ikhala@localhost) by phoenix.cl.msu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA02789; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 11:26:46 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ikhala) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 11:26:46 -0400 From: "I'Khala" To: Stan Brown Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modload: /dev/lkm: Device not configured Message-ID: <19990623112646.C1244@phoenix.cl.msu.edu> References: <19990620143751.0CFE514BEC@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990620143751.0CFE514BEC@hub.freebsd.org>; from Stan Brown on Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 10:37:43AM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 35 95 F8 63 DA 5B 32 51 8F A9 AC 3C B4 74 F3 BA WWW-Home-Page: http://www.msu.edu/~ikhala Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoting Stan Brown (stanb@awod.com): > I am trying to put intot service the Novel libraries that have just > become available. > > This involves loading a lkm. This is my first exposure to this, as far > as I know. That is it may have been ahpening automaticly for me, but I > was not aware of it. The reason that I suspect it may have been > ahppenng automatilcy is that there are a fair number of files in /lkm, > and the only flag that I can find in the kernel config files, seems to > be to _disable_ this functioanlity "NO_LKM". I do not have this option > in my kernel config file. > > When I try to load the nwfs module I get: > > modload: /dev/lkm: Device not configured > > Could someone explain whta things I need to check to get this working? Not sure if it's been answered yet, but lkm's have been depreciated in favor of kld's. phoenix.cl.msu.edu:ikhala> uname -mrs FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386 phoenix.cl.msu.edu:ikhala> apropos kld kld(4) - dynamic kernel linker facility kldload(8) - load a file into the kernel kldstat(8) - display status of dynamic kernel linker kldunload(8) - unload a file from the kernel > > Thanks. > > -- > Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 843-745-3154 > Westvaco > Charleston SC. > -- > Windows 98: n. > useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and > a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system > originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit > company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. > - > (c) 1999 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited. > #:^) -- I'Khala ikhala@msu.edu 308 Computer Laboratory ikhala@pager.msu.edu Michigan State University http://www.msu.edu/~ikhala East Lansing, MI 48824 +1.517.355.4500 x.151 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message