From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Jan 3 20:38: 3 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 20:38:01 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from henry.cs.adfa.edu.au (henry.cs.adfa.edu.au [131.236.21.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D78937B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 20:37:59 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkt@localhost) by henry.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.11.1/8.9.3) id f044i6e04138; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 15:44:06 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from wkt) From: Warren Toomey Message-Id: <200101040444.f044i6e04138@henry.cs.adfa.edu.au> Subject: Re: kldload: Exec format error, is 4.2 problem? In-Reply-To: from "Daniel O'Connor" at "Jan 4, 2001 11:39:27 am" To: "Daniel O'Connor" Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 15:44:06 +1100 (EST) Cc: stable@freebsd.org Reply-To: wkt@cs.adfa.edu.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL68 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article by Daniel O'Connor: > 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 > > 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 No, I don't see any kernel messages in /var/log/messages. I downloaded and used the vmware port for FreeBSD 4.2 after I'd moved to 4.2-STABLE. Has there been any changes to kernel modules, magic numbers etc. that would cause this problem? I'll try reading through imgact_elf.c and compare magic numbers there with the values in the .ko files. Warren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message