Re: modload: Function not implemented

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 07:36:58PM +0100, Pierre-philipp Braun wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just installed netbsd amd64/xen on a linux dom0.  Network works
> fine, finally (to me there was some issues something like a year
> ago).  I would like to try out pf, namely pfsync on a few netbsd
> guest like this one but when I am trying to load the pf module, I
> get,
>       modload: Function not implemented
> 
> I installed the modules manually after the installation (old
> fashioned tar xzpf modules.tgz -C /), but I can only guess that it
> isn't the issue.
> 
> What can I do to have modules capability or the parts I want if I
> can still recompile the kernel, even this one ?

This is a FAQ :)

modules do not work with Xen kernel, because of ABI differences between
native and Xen kernels. One of the problems to fix this is that the API
useable by modules is not defined ...

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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