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Date:      Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:38:50 -0500
From:      jason henson <jason@ec.rr.com>
To:        John DeStefano <john.destefano@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mount_smbfs variable error
Message-ID:  <4243B1FA.6000509@ec.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <f2160e0d05032418291bbbe2bc@mail.gmail.com>
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John DeStefano wrote:

>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apparently, "vfsisloadable" is an outdated parameter that should no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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>>>>
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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"vfsisloadable" was an outdated parameter, but I saw that loading the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.
>
>  
>
My mistake, it was never in GENERIC.  Or I can't find were it was.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC



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