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Date:      Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:29:53 -0500
From:      John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com>
Subject:   Re: mount_smbfs variable error
Message-ID:  <f2160e0d05032418291bbbe2bc@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <f2160e0d05032406474fcd4fc1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:47:44 -0500, John DeStefano
<john.destefano@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:39:58 -0500, jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com> wrote:
> > John DeStefano wrote:
> >
> > >I get the following error when I try to mount_smbfs a LAN file share
> > >as root with 5.3-RELEASE and a GENERIC kernel, both cvsup-ed and
> > >compiled this past weekend:
> > >/usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: mount_smbfs: Undefined symbol "vfsisloadable"
> > >
> > >I can't find a whole lot of information about this error.  But
> > >apparently, "vfsisloadable" is an outdated parameter that should no
> > >longer be referenced in the source.
> > >
> > >The only other reference I found to this error was a kernel that was
> > >missing the proper support, but it seemed that a GENERIC kernel would
> > >take care of that.
> > >
> > >Any ideas on how to verify that my system has got whatever mount_smbfs
> > >may need to operate properly, or how to remedy the error?
> > >
> > >Thank you,
> > >~John
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> > >
> > http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2004-04/0699.html
> >
> > Did you do a kldstat to see if smbfs.ko is there?  It is no longer in
> > GENERIC.
> >
> Hi Jason,
> 
> I too found that link, which is where I got the idea that
> "vfsisloadable" was an outdated parameter, but I saw that loading the
> smb_fs module generated an error for that user, so I didn't follow up
> on that information.
> 
> I'm glad you pointed this out though, as loading the kernel module
> works for me.
> 
> But without your response, how would I ever have known this?  It's
> certainly not mentioned in UPDATING, and the error output was not
> helpful.  Where would I have found this information?
> 
> Thanks,
> ~John
> 

Could someone please direct me to where I can read about when and why
the smbfs module was removed from the GENERIC kernel?  I can't find
it, and it's not in UPDATING or the release notes.

Thanks.



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