if_tun failed to register

Brooks Davis brooks at one-eyed-alien.net
Wed Nov 5 14:48:42 PST 2003


On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 11:32:03PM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 November 2003 22:47, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > > Thanks, I'm happy I'm not the only one seeing this :)
> > > It looks like ppp does not get compiled in the kernel either... :(
> >
> > ppp(4) is in GENERIC.  You just have to create the devices like:
> 
> No !
> Although tun and ppp are in GENERIC, they get loaded as modules anyway under 
> 5-CURRENT... at least under my box.
> This is so strange.

It looks like there's a bug or some sort in ifmaybeload() function in
ifconfig since "kldstat -v" shows if_ppp and if_tun modules in the
kernel.  Should be a fairly easy fix.

-- Brooks

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