From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Nov 9 13:30: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DA4715340 for ; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:30:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id NAA60046; Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:30:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:30:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911092130.NAA60046@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Brian Somers Subject: Re: i386/14806: if_tun.ko conflicts with built-in tunnel driver Reply-To: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/14806; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Brian Somers To: trost@cloud.rain.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: i386/14806: if_tun.ko conflicts with built-in tunnel driver Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 21:26:10 +0000 [.....] > If if_tun.ko is loaded over a kernel containing a tunnel driver > compiled in, "ppp -auto" does not work, although running ppp straight > does. [.....] > Beyond "don't do that," I don't know what to do about the problem. > It wouldn't be so bad if it weren's such a sneaky problem. [.....] Don't do that :-) This is a known problem with modules in general. It's never necessary to kldload if_tun, as ppp has the smarts to figure out that it's needed and kldload it itself. -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message