From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 25 02:29:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2E7216A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:29:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5885243D3F for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:29:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john.destefano@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z35so978713rne for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:29:53 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=W6wSvDXS9iW9iO5meyGONCkZ7nisQD8eY4VD9+eKBRecvN73ib9K4DqR8+vcH6fne1YfQJ6+HG0jzh0+0OTRJJSUQGf89kC4e/izJBRjv3f8244qFS8GChJrPZM3Af8uNoZJqvmaU+9kewHmiLpuYJ9wXm7wUIaeBEx2mNcWKV8= Received: by 10.38.75.80 with SMTP id x80mr2166432rna; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:29:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.97.55 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:29:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:29:53 -0500 From: John DeStefano To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <4242449E.5060709@ec.rr.com> cc: jason henson Subject: Re: mount_smbfs variable error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: John DeStefano List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:29:55 -0000 On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:47:44 -0500, John DeStefano wrote: > On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:39:58 -0500, jason henson 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apparently, "vfsisloadable" is an outdated parameter that should no 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 > > >_______________________________________________ > > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > 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.