Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 15:58:51 +1030 (CST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: wkt@cs.adfa.edu.au Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kldload: Exec format error, is 4.2 problem? Message-ID: <XFMail.010104155851.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200101040528.f045SOI05021@henry.cs.adfa.edu.au>
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On 04-Jan-01 Warren Toomey wrote: > In article by Daniel O'Connor: > > On 03-Jan-01 Warren Toomey wrote: > > > # kldload /usr/local/modules/rtc.ko > > > kldload: can't load /usr/local/modules/rtc.ko: Exec format error > > > > > > Is this a 4.2-thing, or have I just done something wrong? I've > > > searched the FreeBSD mail lists for clues, with no luck. > > Ok, I've found the answer. The rtc and vmware2 ports both turn this > flag on in the appropriate Makefiles: > > KMODDEPS= linux > > This creates a binary file called `linux' which is linked in (?) to the > the module at compile time, e.g: > > ld -Bshareable -o vmmon_up.ko setdef0.o vmmon_up.kld setdef1.o linux > > By commenting out this flag, the file `linux' isn't used, and the module > can then be loaded by kldload. Also, vmware appears to work fine. The reason it has the KMODDEPS line is to add a dependancy on the linux kld. This means that if the vmware kld is loaded the linux one will be loaded if necessary. I think you should send this directly to the vmware maintainer though :) --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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