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Date:      Sat, 9 May 2020 21:03:02 +0200
From:      Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>
To:        Gordon Bergling <gbergling@googlemail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, david@catwhisker.org
Subject:   Re: Error loading tcp_bbr kernel module
Message-ID:  <3B396584-1018-46ED-B7F9-35215B4AF17C@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20200509160714.GA38490@lion.0xfce3.net>
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> On 9. May 2020, at 18:07, Gordon Bergling <gbergling@googlemail.com> =
wrote:
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> Hi Michael,
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> On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 05:42:55PM +0200, Michael Tuexen wrote:
>>> On 9. May 2020, at 16:25, Gordon Bergling <gbergling@googlemail.com> =
wrote:
>>> 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.
>> That would be great. I have them running on my machines, but I might =
have missed something.
>>>=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
>> Yes it is. And I would suggest to use separate man pages, a single =
one for each stack.
>> The the generic man page might refer to them...
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> My first thoughts on this topic were about to extent tcp(4) and create =
links to
> tcp_rack(4) and tcp_bbr(4), but separate manpages maybe the way to go. =
I just
> have to investigate the respective details. I was once very deep into =
TCP/IP,=20
> while building perimeter firewalls with FreeBSD, but this was 20 years =
ago.
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> I add you as a reviever for the differential once I have a rough cut=20=

> for the manpages ready.
Hi Gordon,

please do so. Don't forget to add rrs@, since he wrote both stacks.

Best regards
Michael
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> Best regards,
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> Gordon
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>>>> Am 09.05.2020 um 14:37 schrieb Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>:
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 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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