The net-pf-5 message refers to an AppleTalk module. You can take
care of that by putting "alias net-pf-5 off" in /etc/conf.modules. Check
out /usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt for info...
Matt
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Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MicroComputer Specialist University of Tulsa
Engineering and Natural Sciences
"Pardon me, stewardess. I speak Jive."
On Mon, 18 May 1998, Ken Westerback wrote:
> The message
>
> modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
>
> is displayed four times during boot and twice during shutdown of my Redhat
> 5.0 custom compiled kernel.
>
> On boot it appears just after the message
>
> Swansea University Computer Society IPX 0.34 for NET3.035
> IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995 Caldera, Inc.
>
> and just before the message
>
> eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
>
> After poking around in the init scripts for a while I found that the
> message is emitted when the ifconfig <interface> UP/DOWN command is
> executed. However when I try the command from the command line after
> booting there is no message displayed.
>
> Can anyone tell me what the message is referring to?, i.e. what is the
> net-pf-5 module? Protocol Family 5? And why is it missing? Here is my
> /usr/src/linux/.config file:
>
> #
> # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
> #
>
> #
> # Code maturity level options
> #
> # CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is not set
>
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
> CONFIG_KERNELD=y
>
> #
> # General setup
> #
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> CONFIG_NET=y
> # CONFIG_MAX_16M is not set
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> CONFIG_KERNEL_ELF=y
> CONFIG_M586=y
>
> #
> # Floppy, IDE, and other block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
>
> #
> # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
> #
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PCMCIA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRITON=y
> # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
>
> #
> # Additional Block Devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
> CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
> CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
>
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
> CONFIG_NET_ALIAS=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> CONFIG_IP_FORWARD=y
> CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
> CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
> CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
> CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_VERBOSE=y
> CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE=y
>
> #
> # Protocol-specific masquerading support will be built as modules.
> #
> CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE_ICMP=y
> CONFIG_IP_ALWAYS_DEFRAG=y
> CONFIG_IP_ACCT=y
> # CONFIG_IP_ROUTER is not set
> CONFIG_NET_IPIP=m
> CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=m
>
> #
> # (it is safe to leave these untouched)
> #
> # CONFIG_INET_PCTCP is not set
> CONFIG_INET_RARP=m
> # CONFIG_NO_PATH_MTU_DISCOVERY is not set
> CONFIG_IP_NOSR=y
> CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
>
> #
> #
> #
> CONFIG_IPX=m
> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set
> # CONFIG_AX25 is not set
> # CONFIG_NETLINK is not set
>
> #
> # SCSI support
> #
> CONFIG_SCSI=y
>
> #
> # SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST=m
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
> CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG=m
>
> #
> # Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs
> #
> # CONFIG_SCSI_MULTI_LUN is not set
> CONFIG_SCSI_CONSTANTS=y
>
> #
> # SCSI low-level drivers
> #
> # CONFIG_SCSI_7000FASST is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA152X is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1542 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AHA1740 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AIC7XXX is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_ADVANSYS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_IN2000 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_AM53C974 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_BUSLOGIC is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DTC3280 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_DMA is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA_PIO is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_EATA is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_GENERIC_NCR5380 is not set
> CONFIG_SCSI_G_NCR5380_PORT=y
> # CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C406A is not set
> CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_sync=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_FAST=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_NCR53C7xx_DISCONNECT=y
> CONFIG_SCSI_PPA=m
> # CONFIG_SCSI_PAS16 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_FAS is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_QLOGIC_ISP is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_SEAGATE is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_DC390T is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_T128 is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_U14_34F is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_ULTRASTOR is not set
> # CONFIG_SCSI_GDTH is not set
>
> #
> # Network device support
> #
> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
> CONFIG_DUMMY=m
> # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
> CONFIG_PLIP=m
> CONFIG_PPP=m
>
> #
> # CCP compressors for PPP are only built as modules.
> #
> CONFIG_SLIP=m
> CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
> CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
> # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
> CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
> CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM=y
> # CONFIG_EL1 is not set
> # CONFIG_EL2 is not set
> CONFIG_EL3=y
> # CONFIG_VORTEX is not set
> # CONFIG_LANCE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
> # CONFIG_TR is not set
> # CONFIG_FDDI is not set
> # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
>
> #
> # ISDN subsystem
> #
> # CONFIG_ISDN is not set
>
> #
> # CD-ROM drivers (not for SCSI or IDE/ATAPI drives)
> #
> # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
>
> #
> # Filesystems
> #
> CONFIG_QUOTA=y
> # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_EXT_FS is not set
> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
> # CONFIG_XIA_FS is not set
> CONFIG_FAT_FS=m
> CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
> # CONFIG_VFAT_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
> # CONFIG_NFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_SMB_FS=m
> # CONFIG_SMB_WIN95 is not set
> # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
> CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=m
> # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
>
> #
> # Character devices
> #
> CONFIG_SERIAL=y
> # CONFIG_DIGI is not set
> # CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
> # CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
> # CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
> CONFIG_PRINTER=m
> # CONFIG_SPECIALIX is not set
> # CONFIG_MOUSE is not set
> # CONFIG_UMISC is not set
> # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_APM is not set
> # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
> CONFIG_RTC=y
>
> #
> # Sound
> #
> CONFIG_SOUND=m
> CONFIG_AUDIO=y
> CONFIG_MIDI=y
> CONFIG_YM3812=m
> CONFIG_PAS=m
> CONFIG_SB=m
> CONFIG_ADLIB=m
> CONFIG_GUS=m
> CONFIG_GUS16=y
> CONFIG_GUSMAX=y
> CONFIG_PSS=m
> CONFIG_MPU401=m
> CONFIG_UART6850=m
> CONFIG_UART401=m
> CONFIG_MSS=m
> CONFIG_SSCAPE=m
> CONFIG_TRIX=m
> CONFIG_MAD16=m
> CONFIG_CS4232=m
> CONFIG_MAUI=m
> DSP_BUFFSIZE=65536
> # CONFIG_LOWLEVEL_SOUND is not set
>
> #
> # Kernel hacking
> #
> # CONFIG_PROFILE is not set
>
> ---- Ken
>
>
>
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