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Subject: V3.1-release MODstat commands fail: /dev/lkm not configured
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>Number:         10978
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       MODstat/unload/load commands fail with "/dev/lkm not configured"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr  6 03:10:01 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:    Sat Apr 24 10:56:58 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Sat Apr 24 10:58:17 PDT 1999
>Originator:     Jim Dutton
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
	Multiple systems upgraded from FBSD-2.2.6R to -3.1R via CDROM, one
	with linux-lib-2.4 and the other with linux-lib-2.6.1.

>Description:
	Feb 15 (3.1R) modstat/load/unload commands fail with error message of
	"/dev/lkm: device not configured". Linux command succeeds in loading
	linux.ko. kldstat/load/unload commands succeed, and can be used in
	place of mod... commands.

>How-To-Repeat:
	execute modstat/load/unload

>Fix:
	use kldstat/load/unload instead

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To: jimd@siu.edu
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/10978: V3.1-release MODstat commands fail: /dev/lkm not 
 configured
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 02:20:14 +0900

 Was the kernel compiled with "options LKM"?
 
 --
 Daniel C. Sobral			(8-DCS)
 dcs@newsguy.com
 dcs@freebsd.org
 
 	"nothing better than the ability to perform cunning linguistics"
 
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: dcs 
State-Changed-When: Sat Apr 24 10:56:58 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
GENERIC kernels in 3.1 do not support lkm. An option exists to enable 
their support, and it works. 
>Unformatted:
