Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:43:50 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Franz Wegwerf <wegwerf4@gmx.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating device node? Message-ID: <44k5wo5mg9.fsf@Lowell-Desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070406142321.02535d38@mail.computinginnovations.com> (Derek Ragona's message of "Fri\, 06 Apr 2007 14\:25\:18 -0500") References: <46168E54.2090805@gmx.de> <6.0.0.22.2.20070406142321.02535d38@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> writes: > At 01:15 PM 4/6/2007, Franz Wegwerf wrote: >>A program wants to have access to /dev/tap3 which doesn't exist on my machine. >> I'm a newbie to FreeBSD running FreeBSD 6 and trying wesside but got >> stuck with this error message: "Can't open tap: ..." >> >>Any help apreciated! >>Franz > > > In FreeBSD 5.X and beyond the /dev entries are created automatically > on bootup. If a device isn't being created check your dmesg that the > device is found and properly identified. Some devices may need a > kernel change or kernel module loaded. > > -Derek In specific, the tap(4) devices are not supported in a default kernel. The command "kldload if_tap" will load the kernel support for this functionality.
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