Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 01:52:38 -0800 (PST) From: Nomad Esst <noname.esst@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: ifconfig siocifcreate invalid argument Message-ID: <1392630758.77600.YahooMailNeo@web162704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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Hi Recently I've customized my kernel and deleted most of unused devices and options. When I try to create a a gre interface I get this error: ifconfig: siocifcreate2: invalid argument I'm using FreeBSD9.2 AMD 64 What's the problem? From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 17 10:15:49 2014 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 723BED56 for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:15:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailhost.netlab.sk (mailhost.netlab.sk [84.245.65.10]) (using SSLv3 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0F191C59 for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:15:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zeta.dino.sk (fw1.dino.sk [84.245.95.252]) (AUTH: LOGIN milan) by mailhost.netlab.sk with ESMTPA; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:10:39 +0100 id 005080C2.5301E01F.00001B77 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:10:35 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <freebsd-hackers@dino.sk> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig siocifcreate invalid argument Message-ID: <20140217111035.328baa3f@zeta.dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <1392630758.77600.YahooMailNeo@web162704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1392630758.77600.YahooMailNeo@web162704.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; i386-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Nomad Esst <noname.esst@yahoo.com> X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD <freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-hackers>, <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:15:49 -0000 On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 01:52:38 -0800 (PST) Nomad Esst <noname.esst@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi > Recently I've customized my kernel and deleted most of unused devices > and options. When I try to create a a gre interface I get this error: > > > ifconfig: siocifcreate2: invalid argument > > I'm using FreeBSD9.2 AMD 64 > > What's the problem? > If you do not have 'device gre' in kernel config and module if_gre is not loaded automatically, you need to do it yourself - just use 'kldload if_gre' before you try to create interface greN. Regards, Milan
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