Typically binary kernel modules are specific for the distribution and hardware, so you'd need to contact your distribution vendor if you want to find 802.1q kernel binary module. Alternatively you can download kernel source and compile kernel & modules you need. If you don't want to reinstall existing kernel, you can try downloading 2.4.20 kernel and specifically compling this module on your system and see if it works with your existing kernel (it might or it might now depending on how original kernel you currently have was compiled). On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Nguyen, HoangX T wrote: > Thank you Peter for your writing. I have another question. 8021q > module does not exist on my Montavista CGE 3.1. If I want to install > 8021q module, can you point me to links to get this module. I have > 2.4.20 kernel. > > Thanks, > Hoang > > -----Original Message----- > From: vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Peter Stuge > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:09 AM > To: vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [VLAN] load the 8021q module > > Hello, > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 09:54:02AM -0800, Nguyen, HoangX T wrote: >> I have a problem with vlan when I tried to creat a VLAN device on >> my first Ethernet NIC. I type "vconfig add eth0 5" command, it >> does not create a VLAN device. Instead of creating a VLAN device, >> the vconfig command returns a message like >> >> WARNING: Could not open /proc/net/vlan/config. Maybe you need to >> load the 8021q module, or maybe you are not using PROCFS?? >> >> ERROR: trying to add VLAN 5 to IF -:eth0:- error: Package not >> installed. >> >> Questions: >> >> 1. How do I load the 8021q module on Montavista CGE 3.1? > > I don't know for sure what tools are included in the MontaVista > product, but you could always try the command that is used on less > specialized distributions: > > modprobe 8021q > > >> 2. What is PROCFS and how do I install PROCFS? > > procfs is a virtual filesystem mounted in the /proc directory on > Linux systems. It contains gobs of information published by almost > all parts of the Linux kernel. Some kernel drivers also use procfs > to communicate with userspace in both directions. > > >> 3. Where can I get VLAN package and how to install VLAN package? > > Footnote on http://www.mvista.com/products/cge/features.html: > > "VLAN support requires hardware-specific device driver/ethernet > device support. Contact MontaVista Software for specific > driver/device combinations that have been pre-validated." > > So I guess the answer to this is to talk to MontaVista. > > >> 4. What do I need to do in order to reproduce the issue above? > > Reproduce? Well, you should just have to re-run vconfig. It is > supposed to present the same error message consistently when all it's > prerequisities aren't available. > > Resolve? Try the modprobe command as per above, if it completes > without error check that the directory /proc/net/vlan exists and > then re-run vconfig, it should work now. > > Hope this helps. > > //Peter
