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From: searle@longacre.demon.co.uk (Michael Searle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Loading modules
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1996 11:46:54 BST
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james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) wrote:

> 

> In article <4p2ipv$59h@washington.nwlink.com>,  <ltaylor@nwlink.com>
> wrote:

>> Currently, when I try to run "modload" to load the linux emulation
>> modules, etc., my machine reports the following:

>> Undefined entry symbol '_xxxinit'.

>> Ummm - what's that mean?

> Do you have Linux support compiled into your kernel?

'_xxxinit' isn't the right entry symbol for the linux emulator - it's the
standard one used if you don't specify an entry symbol with -e. I think what
you need is 'linux_init'.

-- 
Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk