Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 15:51:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Stefan Eggers <seggers@semyam.dinoco.de> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Erik Funkenbusch <erikf@visi.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broken ipfw? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9812271550380.380-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199812271249.NAA01891@semyam.dinoco.de>
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On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Stefan Eggers wrote: > > Please do. It would be very useful to know if the SYSINIT for ipfw is > > being called correctly. > > For further investigation I added printf's to ipfw_load and ipfw_mod as > their first statement to see if they get called. Nothing from them > though the SYSINIT should call module_register_init which should then > call ipfw_load. So either the SYSINIT doesn't get recognized or it > might go wrong in module_register_init. I haven't investigated that > further, yet as I first had to find out who does the SYSINIT and how. > > I also modified kern_linker.c to give me debug output. Comparing it > to what other kernel modules produce this looks normal. Due to the > length of the logged data I don't want to append it here. Everyone > asking for a copy can get one by private mail. > > What I noticed was that during startup /etc/rc.firewall tries to > determine if there is an ipfw module loaded or something in the kernel > it sees nothing, tries to load the module and the result is that it > gets reported along the lines "module already loaded, incrementing use > counter." > > So far what I got by now. > > Stefan. Is the module being correctly linked with setdef0.o and setdef1.c to define the linker sets? It should be if its built using the standard bsd.kmod.mk but its worth checking. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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