Re: `kldload` doesn't find pf.ko, though `ls` finds it easily enough

From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:57:35 +0200
On 2004-11-17 13:31, Tillman Hodgson <tillman_at_seekingfire.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 10:11:08AM -0800, Mike Hunter wrote:
> > Check dmesg.  There's a bug somewhere that causes kldload to report "file
> > not found" to the user even though it was some other error that caused the
> > problem.  That real error can sometimes be spit out to the console /
> > syslog / whatever.
>
> Oh! I should have checked syslog, my apologies.
>
> Nov 17 11:54:41 thoth kernel: link_elf: symbol in6_cksum undefined
> Nov 17 11:54:41 thoth toor: /etc/rc.d/pf: ERROR: pf module failed to load.
>
> My custom kernel doesn't include IPv6. Does pf truly require IPv6?:

Yes, if you want to load it as a module.  This is exactly the same thing
I bumped into last night.  Compiling a kernel with INET6 support will
let you load pf as a module.

I'm not sure if this is a `bug' that neds fixing though ;-)
Received on Wed Nov 17 2004 - 21:57:59 UTC

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