David Nesting wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 08:57:01PM +0000, Danny Arseneau wrote:
> | Ever since I've recompiled my kernel for ax25 support, I keep getting
> | some error messages during bootup and whenever I load the hdlcdrv and
> | soundmodem drivers.
> | The messages are as follows;
> |
> | modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
> | modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
>
> So long as things are still working despite these messages, you can
> turn them off by adding lines like this to your /etc/conf.modules:
>
> alias net-pf-4 off
> alias net-pf-5 off
>
> They are appearing because the kernel is searching for a network
> protocol/driver/module for protocol families 4 and 5. I'm not sure
> if it's normal for these to be failing (I think it is), but I get
> similar errors on my system as well, and turning them off by way of
> the alias lines above doesn't seem to hurt anything.
>
> | I've grepped through all of the kernel source files and I can't find any
> | referencs to the text 'net-pf-4' or 'net-pf-5'. The only place I found
>
> Check net/socket.c line 592 (in sock_create)
>
> if (net_families[family]==NULL)
> {
> char module_name[30];
> sprintf(module_name,"net-pf-%d",family);
> request_module(module_name);
> }
>
> This is why I think it's normal for these to fail if your system lacks
> support for the (unneeded?) protocol families.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> David
>
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> == David Nesting WL7RO Fastolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fastolfe.net/ ==
Thank you David. Your explanation is greatly appreciated. I now have a
much better understanding about what's going on here.
73's
>From VE9NKJ
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Danny Arseneau
Chief Technology Officer
Mamma Systems Inc.
