On 15 October 2012 02:23, YC Wang <wangyc0...@gmail.com> wrote: ... > > I rebuilt the kernel with "option IPX", but it didn't seem to work. > Below was what I did: > > 1) create a new configure file IPXKERNEL enabling "option IPX" > freebsd-yc# cat /sys/i386/conf/IPXKERNEL > include GENERIC > ident IPXKERNEL > options IPX > > 2) make buildkerel KERNCONF=IPXKERNEL. When finised, I found that the > ipx source code did get compiled, but hadn't been linked into a kernel > module. > freebsd-yc# find /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ | grep ipx > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/arcnet/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/if_ef/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/if_tun/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/netgraph/iface/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/smbfs/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/sppp/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/modules/usr/src/sys/modules/wlan/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/opt_ipx.h > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ipx.o > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ipx_cksum.o > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ipx_input.o > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ipx_outputfl.o > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ipx_pcb.o > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ipx_proto.o > /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL/ipx_usrreq.o > > 3) Still I installed the new kernel with "make installkernel > KERNCONF=IPXKERNEL", and as expected, it was exactly the same to the > old one. > freebsd-yc# ls /boot/kernel > kernel.txt > freebsd-yc# ls /boot/kernel.old/ > kernelold.txt > freebsd-yc# diff kernel.txt kernelold.txt > > So do you have any idea about this? The information of my system is: > freebsd-yc# uname -a > FreeBSD freebsd-yc.vm 8.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE #0: Mon Oct 15 > 11:20:49 CST 2012 > r...@freebsd-yc.vm:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IPXKERNEL i386 >
% kldstat -v | grep ipx might be enlightening. I don't know if you're trying to connect to a netware server, but . . . Back in the old-old days of FreeBSD 4.6 or so, I connected to a netware (4-something, IIRC) server using ipx/spx & ncp (options IPX, options NCP, options NWFS) & it seemed to work pretty well. But I haven't used it since 6.x, & I no longer connect to any netware machines, so I have no idea if it sill works. I believe at the time it may have also required "options LIBMCHAIN" & "options FLOWTABLE", but that might have been a local issue. In the local network, I also had to have ethernet frames compiled in with at a minimum 8023 & SNAP support (& I think ETHER_II for sap/rip): device ef options ETHER_II options ETHER_8023 options ETHER_8022 options ETHER_SNAP (the ifconfig lines get ridiculous after a while) I also believe that nwfs.ko & libmchain.ko could be loaded as modules, but that ncp didn't play nicely when loaded as a module & ipx/spx had to be compiled into the kenel. Good luck. -- -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
