Author: bapt
Date: Mon Jan 13 16:23:09 2014
New Revision: 260594
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/260594

Log:
  Point the user to dmesg(1) to get informations about why loading a module did 
fail
  instead of printing the cryptic "Exec format error"
  
  MFC after:    1 week

Modified:
  head/sbin/kldload/kldload.c

Modified: head/sbin/kldload/kldload.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sbin/kldload/kldload.c Mon Jan 13 16:05:18 2014        (r260593)
+++ head/sbin/kldload/kldload.c Mon Jan 13 16:23:09 2014        (r260594)
@@ -181,12 +181,22 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
                                                printf("%s is already "
                                                    "loaded\n", argv[0]);
                                } else {
-                                       if (errno == EEXIST)
+                                       switch (errno) {
+                                       case EEXIST:
                                                warnx("can't load %s: module "
                                                    "already loaded or "
                                                    "in kernel", argv[0]);
-                                       else
+                                               break;
+                                       case ENOEXEC:
+                                               warnx("an error occured while "
+                                                   "loading the module. "
+                                                   "Please check dmesg(1) for "
+                                                   "more details.");
+                                               break;
+                                       default:
                                                warn("can't load %s", argv[0]);
+                                               break;
+                                       }
                                        errors++;
                                }
                        } else {
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