From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 26 21:36:40 2011 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 0B3E31065670 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:36:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Dave.Robison@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6B788FC17 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pps.filterd (ltcfislmsgpa01 [127.0.0.1]) by ltcfislmsgpa01.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with SMTP id p9QLEjuw021004 for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:15:02 -0500 Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.17]) by ltcfislmsgpa01.fnfis.com with ESMTP id 10psx8g00n-1 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:15:02 -0500 Received: from lefty.vicor.com (10.14.152.1) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.17) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.323.3; Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:15:01 -0500 Message-ID: <4EA87850.5060103@fisglobal.com> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:14:56 -0700 From: "Robison, Dave" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110120 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: References: <1319656810.1358.8.camel@blackfriar.inhio.eu> In-Reply-To: <1319656810.1358.8.camel@blackfriar.inhio.eu> X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.1] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.4.6813, 1.0.211, 0.0.0000 definitions=2011-10-26_06:2011-10-26, 2011-10-26, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: CARP related trivial question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: david.robison@fisglobal.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:36:40 -0000 On 10/26/2011 12:20, Snoop wrote: > Hi everybody, > I've got a pretty trivial question but I'm kind of disoriented. > > In the CARP man pages is clearly stated > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/carp.html: > __________________________________________________________________ > "To enable support for CARP, the FreeBSD kernel must be rebuilt as > described in Chapter 9 with the following option: > device carp > > Alternatively, the if_carp.ko module can be loaded at boot time. Add the > following line to the /boot/loader.conf: > if_carp_load="YES" " > __________________________________________________________________ > > I'm not new to FreeBSD but I didn't manage to load that as a module, not > while the OS is running neither at the startup adding the param on > loader.conf. > I'd love to do that instead of recompiling the kernel to get that > working on any node. > I'm talking about FreeBSD 8.1. > > Am I missing something? > Any tip would be appreciated. > > > > -- > Caselle da 1GB, trasmetti allegati fino a 3GB e in piu' IMAP, POP3 e SMTP autenticato? GRATIS solo con Email.it http://www.email.it/f > > Sponsor: > Incrementa la visibilita' della tua azienda con le campagne di email marketing di Email.it > Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=11846&d=26-10 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Does if_carp.ko exist under /boot/kernel/ ? If so: [root@lefty] ~# ls -lart /boot/kernel | grep if_carp -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 197392 Feb 16 2011 if_carp.ko.symbols -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 44336 Feb 16 2011 if_carp.ko [root@lefty] ~# kldload if_carp.ko [root@lefty] ~# kldstat | grep if_carp.ko 47 1 0xffffffff814fe000 4dd0 if_carp.ko [root@lefty] ~# should work. Dave -- Dave Robison Sales Solution Architect II FIS Banking Solutions 510/621-2089 (w) 530/518-5194 (c) 510/621-2020 (f) daver@vicor.com david.robison@fisglobal.com _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.