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Date:      Sat, 9 May 2020 17:41:07 +0200
From:      Gordon Bergling <gbergling@googlemail.com>
To:        Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, david@catwhisker.org
Subject:   Re: Error loading tcp_bbr kernel module
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Hi Michael,

with a kernel config which includes

include	GENERIC
options	RATELIMIT
options	TCPHPTS

applied, I could successfully use
net.inet.tcp.functions_default=3Dbbr
to switch the TCP stack.

Thanks for the fast help,

Gordon

> Am 09.05.2020 um 16:25 schrieb Gordon Bergling =
<gbergling@googlemail.com>:
>=20
> Hi Michael,
>=20
> thanks for your reply.
>=20
> I tried tcp_rack and tcp_bbr, since both are separate TCP stacks. I =
just posted the wrong error message. Both TCP stacks weren=E2=80=99t =
loadable as a kernel module with just the former mentioned build option.
>=20
> I currently have build running with both kernel options  you =
mentioned.
>=20
> If the build is successful and I can change the default TCP stack to =
RACK and BBR I let you know.
>=20
> Further I didn=E2=80=99t find any documentation within tcp(4) =
regarding RACK and BBR. Since I am about to enhance the manpages, I=E2=80=99=
ll extent tcp(4) about information about RACK and BBR, but this is a =
different topic.
>=20
> Best regards,
>=20
> Gordon
>=20
>> Am 09.05.2020 um 14:37 schrieb Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>:
>>=20
>>> On 9. May 2020, at 14:18, Gordon Bergling <gbergling@googlemail.com> =
wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Greetings,
>>>=20
>>> I build -CURRENT with WITH_EXTRA_TCP_STACKS=3D1, but I got the =
following error
>>> when I try to load for example tcp_bbr.ko.
>>> z
>>> kldload: an error occurred while loading module tcp_rack.ko. Please =
check dmesg(8) for more details.
>> This indicates that you want to load the RACK stack.
>>=20
>> Please note that you need for BBR and RACK:
>> options		TCPHPTS
>> in the kernel config and in addition to that for RACK
>> options		RATELIMIT
>>=20
>> Best regards
>> Michael
>>>=20
>>> dmesg shows:
>>>=20
>>> KLD tcp_bbr.ko: depends on tcphpts - not available or version =
mismatch
>>> linker_load_file: /boot/kernel/tcp_bbr.ko - unsupported file type
>>>=20
>>> Any hints on solving the problem?
>>>=20
>>> The kernel config is GENERIC.
>>>=20
>>> Best regards,
>>>=20
>>> Gordon
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