Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:47:20 -0500 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> To: Gavin Spomer <spomerg@cwu.EDU> Cc: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How does /dev/pf get created? Message-ID: <20080125214720.GC86111@in-addr.com> In-Reply-To: <4799CBBC020000900001305B@hermes.cwu.edu> References: <4799CBBC020000900001305B@hermes.cwu.edu>
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On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 11:45:00AM -0800, Gavin Spomer wrote:
> My mistake, I DO have pf.ko:
>
> # ls /boot/kernel/pf.ko
> -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 184K Jan 25 09:33 kernel/pf.ko
>
> I was trying "ls /boot/kernel/pf" before. Now I'm wondering why I'm still getting "kldload: can't load pf.ko: No such file or
> directory" when I run kldload.
>
> Sigh, shouldn't be this difficult. ;)
ENOENT ("No such file or directory") can also mean that a symbol that the
module requires cannot be found in the kernel. This can be many things,
including a missing prerequisite module or that the module was built with
a different set of options to the currently running kernel.
Check dmesg to see if there is a related error message from the kernel.
Gary
> - Gavin
>
> >>> Gavin Spomer 01/25/08 11:08 AM >>>
> >>> Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> 01/25/08 10:05 AM >>>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 09:54:19AM -0800, Gavin Spomer wrote:
> > I followed your instructions to a "T" and then after I rebooted, I double checked everything to make sure I didn't do
> > anything stupid. Still no /dev/pf. Running kldstat still shows that pf.ko didn't get loaded. Trying to load it via your
> > instructions (kldload -v pf) I get:
> >
> > kldload: can't load pf: No such file or directory
> This would indicate that /boot/kernel/pf.ko is missing. It doesn't
> appear it was built during your last buildkernel/installkernel.
>
>
> Yes, you're quite correct. Oddly enough, I remember that when I had the pf stuff in my kernel config, pk.ko DID exist in
> /boot/kernel. THAT doesn't make much sense.
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