if_alloc() page fault, VirtualBox + VIMAGE

[Bjoern A. Zeeb]

On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Monthadar Al Jaberi wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:49 PM, John Baldwin <jhb at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, February 01, 2011 9:38:16 am Monthadar Al Jaberi wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am running FreeBSD Current (201010) as guest in VirtualBox on an
>>> Ubuntu 10.04. FreeBSD is compiled with VIMAGE option.
>>>
>>> I loaded a module (my own) that calls if_alloc(IFT_IEEE80211), but I
>>> get a panic:
>>
>> Did you compile your module with VIMAGE enabled?
>
> How do I check that? My makefile is:
>
> # Note: It is important to make sure you include the <bsd.kmod.mk>
> makefile after declaring the KMOD and SRCS variables.
> .PATH:	${.CURDIR}/wtap_hal
>
> # Declare Name of kernel module
> KMOD    =  wtap
>
> # Enumerate Source files for kernel module
> SRCS    =  if_wtap_module.c if_wtap.c if_medium.c hal.c
>
> # Include kernel module makefile
> .include <bsd.kmod.mk>
>
>>
>> --
>> John Baldwin
>>
>
> Thnx Bjoern, I will check the mailing list

Never mind; I was clearly not awake enough.  The patch etc. is for
virtualbox on a FreeBSD with VIMAGE.  But people will be able to help
you with your module there as well if it's related to a VIMAGE kernel.

/bz

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