kldload won't load
John Polstra
jdp at polstra.com
Mon Jul 12 13:30:37 PDT 2004
On 12-Jul-2004 Bill Paul wrote:
>> Yesterday I built the ndis module (ndis.ko) but I can't seem to load it:
>>
>> 5 # ls /sys/modules/ndis/ | grep 'ndis'
>> kern_ndis.o
>> ndis.kld
>> ndis.ko
>> subr_ndis.o
>> 6 # kldload -v /sys/modules/ndis/ndis.ko
>> kldload: can't load /sys/modules/ndis/ndis.ko: No such file or directory
[...]
> *sigh*
>
> When a kernel module doesn't load correctly, this is your cue to
> run "dmesg" and look at the messages printed in the kernel message
> buffer. That will tell you why it didn't load. Of course, nobody
> ever remembers this, and apparently running xconsole is no longer
> in vogue.
>
> This needs to be a FAQ.
No, it needs to be fixed. It's printing a totally incorrect error
message, and nobody should have to use dmesg to find out what's really
happened.
> Every time I have to tell someone to go back and look at what dmesg
> says, god kills a kitten.
Really? Maybe he's trying to tell you something.
John
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