Can't kldload pf

[cpghost at cordula.ws]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 07:13:51PM +0100, Max Laier wrote:
> On Thursday 10 March 2005 18:52, cpghost at cordula.ws wrote:
> > on RELENG_5, cvsupped March 9th, I can't kldload pf:
> >
> > fw# kldload pf
> > kldload: can't load pf: No such file or directory
> 
> You don't have "options INET6" in your kernel config, but the pf module 
> assumes that it is there.  You can either built pf into the kernel (since you 
> are building a custom kernel anyway), rebuild the module without that 
> assumption (see the module's Makefile) or you can reenable "options INET6" in 
> the kernel.

Yes, INET6 is needed indeed. That was the catch! Adding "options INET6"
solved the problem.

> The ENOENT error returned from kldload is a bit misleading, though.

Ugh... yes ;). Perhaps that should be documented in pf(4)?

Thanks a lot!

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Kind regards,
-cpghost.

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