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| author | bapt <bapt@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-01-20 14:37:02 +0000 |
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| committer | bapt <bapt@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-01-20 14:37:02 +0000 |
| commit | bc9afa8bed10defc3946a9cdd6e3a401db21e437 (patch) | |
| tree | 359108912685b28eeface542d389b17a88c89a02 /share | |
| parent | 567342fbad28f24c8f975470e193ff92da791ea7 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-bc9afa8bed10defc3946a9cdd6e3a401db21e437.zip FreeBSD-src-bc9afa8bed10defc3946a9cdd6e3a401db21e437.tar.gz | |
MFH: r260483, r260484, r260594, r260595, r260596, r260597
Improve error message shown to the user when trying to load a module that is
already loaded or compiled withing the kernel
Point the user to dmesg(1) to get informations about why loading a module did fail
instead of printing the cryptic "Exec format error"
Update the BUGS section of kld(4) according the recent changes in kldload(8)
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/kld.4 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/kld.4 b/share/man/man4/kld.4 index c36f6ab..de991c4 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/kld.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/kld.4 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 8, 1998 +.Dd January 13, 2014 .Dt KLD 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ binary, then fails to execute the entry point. .Pp .Xr kldload 8 -returns the cryptic message -.Sq Li "ENOEXEC (Exec format error)" +points the user to read +.Xr dmesg 8 for any error encountered while loading a module. .Pp When system internal interfaces change, old modules often cannot |
