Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:41:39 +0000 From: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Michiel Boland <boland@carmel.diva.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_gif.ko fails to load on a kernel without INET6 Message-ID: <20020211114139.GA35924@rhadamanth> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10202111212180.20815-100000@carmel.diva.nl> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10202111212180.20815-100000@carmel.diva.nl>
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On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 12:27:47PM +0100, Michiel Boland wrote: > Hi. > > I compiled and installed a kernel without 'options INET6' and > 'pseudo-device gif'. I decided later on that gif(4) is quite a handy > feature after all. I did not want to rebuild the kernel, so I tried to > load the if_gif.ko module instead. > > That did not work. The kernel reports 'link_elf: symbol ip6_gif_hlim > undefined'. > > So it looks like if_gif.ko is compiled with INET6 even if this option is > disabled in the configuration file. I notice now that > /src/sys/modules/if_gif/Makefile defines INET6 so that might it. > > Both 4.4-RELEASE and 4.5-RELEASE exhibit these symptoms. > > Is this something worthy of a PR? I doubt it. The gif device is used for tunneling IPv6 over IPv4, so it's quite reasonable that it would require INET6. Ceri -- keep a mild groove on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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