Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:18:25 -0400 From: David Horn <dhorn2000@gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, dhorn2000@gmail.com Subject: Re: Dynamic loading of network kernel modules? Message-ID: <25ff90d60903180818j16996fd5vf9dda27a1ebd0d0f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200903180937.n2I9btPQ036563@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <25ff90d60903171427y4032d11es516d7b757fc3b8e0@mail.gmail.com> <200903180937.n2I9btPQ036563@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: > David Horn wrote: > > I made a minor change to ifconfig to try kldloading the interface name > > specified on the create wlandev XXXX (ifconfig already tries for > > normal invocations, just needed to try with the wlandev interface) > > [...] > > This works nicely, however at startup, I still do not get the > > interface up, or the kernel module loaded, so a second patch is > > needed. > > I don't understand why you have to patch anything. It > seems to work for me out of the box. For example, with > the following entries in /etc/rc.conf, all required KLD > modules are loaded automatically, and the interfaces > are up: The first patch is required for dynamic kernel loading in the wlandev invocation of ifconfig. e.g.: ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwn0 This is part of the vaps changes, and ifconfig was not updated yet for this new kernel load case. > > ifconfig_bge0="up" > cloned_interfaces="vlan103 vlan105" > ifconfig_vlan103="inet 10.103.0.20/16 vlan 103 vlandev bge0" > ifconfig_vlan105="inet 10.105.0.20/16 vlan 105 vlandev bge0" Interesting. Are you certain that bge is a kernel module, and not statically built into your kernel ? Are you using /boot/loader.conf to load the module ? What does kldstat show ? I ran through all of the case scenarios I can find, and the rc.d scripts would not call ifconfig on an interface that did not already have a kernel module loaded. If you know something here that I do not, please share. :) --Thanks! --Dave H > > Best regards > Oliver > > -- > Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. > Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: > secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- > chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart > > FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd > > "Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- > and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure." > -- Eric Allman >
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