From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 21:57:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41C21065694 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D96A8FC3A for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NZWvZ-0006od-8o; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:01 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NZWvY-0004g4-9P; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:56:56 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o0PLuuor079957; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:56:56 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o0PLusuc079956; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:56:54 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:56:54 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Kevin Kinsey Message-ID: <20100125215654.GB79921@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100125142430.GF1355@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <4B5DC917.3080605@daleco.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B5DC917.3080605@daleco.biz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.5 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't load smbfs kernel module X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:03 -0000 On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:38:47AM -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > This is on FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r202964M ia64 > > > > I've built a kernel with smbfs module: > > > > # ls -al /boot/kernel/smb* > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 265579 25 Jan 13:36 /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 680186 25 Jan 13:36 /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko.symbols > > > > but can't load it: > > > > # kldload smbfs > > kldload: can't load smbfs: No such file or directory > > > > > > Other modules load fine with kldload, e.g.: > > Does it make any difference to use the ".ko" extension, to > call it by absolute path, or to use "-v" for more information, > per The Friendly Manual? no, doesn't make any difference: # kldload -v /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko kldload: can't load /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko: No such file or directory # but I see in /var/log/messages: kernel: KLD smbfs.ko: depends on libiconv - not available or version mismatch I've rebuilt world, rebuilt and reinstalled kernel, installed world, and merged, etc., including rm -rf /usr/obj/* , so there shouldn't be any version mismatch. Is there a way to debug this further? > Also, for curiosity, `file /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko`? seems to be the same as other modules: # file /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, IA-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), dynamically linked, not stripped # file /boot/kernel/geom_mirror.ko /boot/kernel/geom_mirror.ko: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, IA-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), dynamically linked, not stripped # many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423