Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:26:57 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alan Gerber <agerber@ncsu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel modules & the 5.2.1-p9 to 5.3b7 migration? Message-ID: <20041010202657.GA69850@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <416991D2.8070806@ncsu.edu> References: <416991D2.8070806@ncsu.edu>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 03:47:30PM -0400, Alan Gerber wrote: > I recently decided to update my 5.2.1-p9 system to the latest beta to=20 > check out the improvements in ACPI code on my Dell Latitude D600=20 > laptop. So I updated sources and went through the usual=20 > [build|install][world|kernel] procedure as described in the handbook:=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html >=20 > I decided to go with the GENERIC kernel and rebuild it later with my=20 > specific options - everything built successfully and it looked like=20 > everything was going great, although I did note that I was updating much= =20 > more in the mergemaster step than I was originally expecting. But I=20 > muddled through it and it finally came time to reboot into beta-7. >=20 > When I did reboot, I got a pretty big surprise - it appears that the=20 > kernel can't find any of its modules. In the "Bootstrap Loader" portion= =20 > of the startup sequence (I *think* it is boot2 - just before you get the= =20 > beastie screen asking you if you want to start with ACPI disabled,=20 > verbose mode, safe mode, etc), it appears to load the snd_emu10k1.ko and= =20 > sound.ko modules. I'd expect this since my system is equipped with that= =20 > style sound card. >=20 > However, just after the beastie screen goes away to allow the boot to=20 > continue, I get the message "ACPI autoload failed - no such file or=20 > directory" as the first line of text, before any of the other=20 > kernel-outputted text. A couple of other interesting messages follow. = =20 > One tells me that kldload can't load star_saver, reporting a "No such=20 > file or directory" error. I also get a message saying that /dev/mixer=20 > doesn't exist (and indeed it doesn't -- nor is there any sign of a sound= =20 > device in the dmesg output). >=20 > When I execute kldstat, I get the entries I would expect back - kernel,= =20 > snd_emu10k1.ko, sound.ko, and est.ko (of the enhanced speedstep driver=20 > fame - I was running it on 5.2.1). If I try to manually load a module,= =20 > such as the star_saver (this is the only thing I've done since loading=20 > acpi.ko isn't a good idea), it works. Well, where are your modules? Kris --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBaZsRWry0BWjoQKURApHFAJ9ilI+geMzxN+wca6dTPHBAu+PwcwCeKtql QXXrjlJE0hRzrAoLPZYwhaw= =KoRC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--
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