From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 3 17: 9:41 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 17:09:38 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (genesi.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.161]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0737537B402 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 17:09:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (doconnor@cain [203.38.152.97]) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA17434; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:39:27 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200101030104.f03143902756@henry.cs.adfa.edu.au> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 11:39:27 +1030 (CST) Sender: doconnor@gsoft.com.au From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: wkt@cs.adfa.edu.au Subject: RE: kldload: Exec format error, is 4.2 problem? Cc: stable@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 03-Jan-01 Warren Toomey wrote: > # kldload /usr/local/modules/rtc.ko > kldload: can't load /usr/local/modules/rtc.ko: Exec format error > > Fortunately, I kept a copy of rtc.ko from before the rebuild, and it > loads fine. > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6087 Jan 3 12:00 good_rtc.ko > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 6095 Jan 3 12:02 rtc.ko > > I also can't load vmmon.ko nor vmnet.ko, same problem. > > Is this a 4.2-thing, or have I just done something wrong? I've > searched the FreeBSD mail lists for clues, with no luck. Do you see any messages in the kernel log about missing symbols? Also, have you updated the port recently? Disclaimer: I don't use the vmware port :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message