Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:30:36 -0700 (PDT) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kldload won't load Message-ID: <XFMail.20040712133036.jdp@polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <20040712194438.B9CFB16A4D1@hub.freebsd.org>
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On 12-Jul-2004 Bill Paul wrote: >> Yesterday I built the ndis module (ndis.ko) but I can't seem to load it: >> >> 5 # ls /sys/modules/ndis/ | grep 'ndis' >> kern_ndis.o >> ndis.kld >> ndis.ko >> subr_ndis.o >> 6 # kldload -v /sys/modules/ndis/ndis.ko >> kldload: can't load /sys/modules/ndis/ndis.ko: No such file or directory [...] > *sigh* > > When a kernel module doesn't load correctly, this is your cue to > run "dmesg" and look at the messages printed in the kernel message > buffer. That will tell you why it didn't load. Of course, nobody > ever remembers this, and apparently running xconsole is no longer > in vogue. > > This needs to be a FAQ. No, it needs to be fixed. It's printing a totally incorrect error message, and nobody should have to use dmesg to find out what's really happened. > Every time I have to tell someone to go back and look at what dmesg > says, god kills a kitten. Really? Maybe he's trying to tell you something. John
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