i386/80081: Problem loading a NDIS kernel module.
Julien Gabel
jpeg at thilelli.net
Mon Apr 18 14:50:30 PDT 2005
>Number: 80081
>Category: i386
>Synopsis: Problem loading a NDIS kernel module.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-i386
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 18 21:50:29 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Julien Gabel
>Release: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD boboche.thilelli.net 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Fri Apr 15 13:22:32 CEST 2005 root at boboche.thilelli.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BOBOCHE i386
>Description:
Trying to get wireless networking on my notebook, i tried the NDISulator.
After copying the configuration and binary files to the corresponding
path at /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis, i created the driver definition
header using ndiscvt(8). Then, i have build and install the driver module
without problem: if_ndis.ko is copied to /boot/kernel and kldxref -v seems
happy (kldxref: /boot/kernel/if_ndis.ko: 488 REL entries).
But, if i can load the NDIS driver wrapper correctly (using kldload ndis),
loading the network interface seems more problematic:
# kldload if_ndis
kldload: can't load if_ndis: No such file or directory
Here is the kernel message:
# tail -1 /var/log/messages
Apr 16 15:05:46 boboche kernel: link_elf: symbol windrv_load undefined
I tried this with the two available Windows versions for this wireless
network module: win98/2k and winxp... without much success.
>How-To-Repeat:
Just try to load the corresponding NDIS wrapper and provided module:
# kldload ndis
# kldload /path/to/if_ndis.ko
kldload: can't load /path/to/if_ndis.ko: No such file or directory
# tail -1 /var/log/messages
Apr 18 23:28:14 hostname kernel: link_elf: symbol windrv_load undefined
Attached files (wlan.tar.gz):
- if_ndis.ko;
- WIndows 98/2K and Windows XP configuration and binary files.
>Fix:
Not known to me.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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