kernel panic on boot with compiled in fwip(4)

[Niki Denev]

Niki Denev wrote:
> Niki Denev wrote:
> 
>> I have just cvsuped and rebuilt kernel+world,
>> and i got the following panic on boot :
>>
>> ---/snip/---
>> ...............
>> ---/end/---
>>
>> The machine is IBM ThinkPad X31 running -CURRENT
>>
>> kernel and loader conf are available at http://totalterror.net/freebsd/
>>
>> P.S. i have been using this kernel conf for quite a while without 
>> problems.
>> But i haven't updated my system for probably a month or so, so i'm not 
>> sure when this
>> problem was introduced.
>>
>> --niki
> 
> 
> I have recompiled my kernel without device fwip and it boots now,
> but it prints early in the boot (not shown in dmesg) that module if_fwip 
> is already present.
> then after the machine boots, i don't have fwip0 interface, nor if_fwip 
> module loaded, but if i try to kldload if_fwip it prints:
> interface firewire.1 already present in the KLD 'kernel'
> kldload: can't load if_fwip: File exists.
> Seems like some part of this module is always compiled in?
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks,
> --niki

This one clearly looks like a problem:
I have just tried a clean recompile with GENERIC kernel, and again
if_fwip refuses to load with :
   interface firewire.1 already present in the KLD 'kernel'
   kldload: can't load if_fwip: File exists.

--niki