if_tun failed to register (long)
matthew
matthew at netway.com
Mon Feb 16 03:05:31 PST 2004
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> I've been having the same error for months now under FreeBSD-5.x (5.1, 5.2,
> 5.2.1-RC2, 5-CURRENT).
> It works anyway, but I'm concerned about this error anyway.
> When I boot, ppp is started automatically with rc.conf and I get the following
> error on the console:
>
> kernel: module_register: module if_tun already exists!
> kernel: Module if_tun failed to register: 17
> kernel: can't re-use a leaf (if_tun_debug)
>
> "device tun" is compiled into my kernel but also loaded as a module !!! :
>
> $ kldstat
> Id Refs Address Size Name
> 1 6 0xc0400000 376afc kernel
> 2 1 0xc0777000 4d978 acpi.ko
> 3 1 0xc4670000 4000 logo_saver.ko
> 4 1 0xc470f000 4000 if_tun.ko
>
> As I said, everything works, but still, this error is strange.
> After looking everywhere without finding any clue about this error, I came to
> the conclusion that it could be my kernel configuration.
> Note that also I use kern_securelevel="1".
>
> If you have _any_ idea, I would really appreciate.
check /boot/loader.conf for if_tun_load="YES"
if so, comment it out. it will not load the module anymore.
you will rely on the one compiled into kernel.
if this is not the answer to your problem email back.
m
> This is a brand new system.
> Thanks.
> Regards,
>
> Antoine
>
> ps:
> Here is my KERNELCONF:
>
> machine i386
> cpu I686_CPU
> ident MCP
> options SCHED_ULE
> options INET
> options INET6
> options FFS
> options SOFTUPDATES
> options UFS_ACL
> options UFS_DIRHASH
> options NFSCLIENT
> options NFSSERVER
> options MSDOSFS
> options CD9660
> options PROCFS
> options PSEUDOFS
> options COMPAT_43
> options COMPAT_FREEBSD4
> options SCSI_DELAY=15000
> options KTRACE
> options SYSVSHM
> options SYSVMSG
> options SYSVSEM
> options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
> options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV
> options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT
> options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT
> options PFIL_HOOKS
> device isa
> device pci
> device fdc
> device ata
> device atadisk
> device atapicd
> options ATA_STATIC_ID
> device scbus
> device da
> device atkbdc
> device atkbd
> device psm
> device vga
> device splash
> device sc
> device agp
> device npx
> device sio
> device ppc
> device ppbus
> device miibus
> device rl
> device xl
> device random
> device loop
> device ether
> device ppp
> device tun
> device pty
> device bpf
> device uhci
> device usb
> device ugen
> device ulpt
> device umass
> device uscanner
> options IPSTEALTH
> options RANDOM_IP_ID
> options SC_DISABLE_REBOOT
> options CPU_ENABLE_SSE
> options IPFIREWALL
> options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE
> options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100
> options IPDIVERT
> options NETGRAPH
> options NETGRAPH_ETHER
> options NETGRAPH_PPPOE
> options NETGRAPH_SOCKET
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