From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 19 15:40:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2171B1065691 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 026B68FC22 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m5JFe47I087837 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m5JFe4aV087836; Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:04 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:04 GMT Message-Id: <200806191540.m5JFe4aV087836@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: "Eugene M. Kim" <20080111.freebsd.org@ab.ote.we.lv> Cc: Subject: Re: bin/120084: [boot] loader_conf_files in /boot/loader.conf no longer works [regression] X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Eugene M. Kim" <20080111.freebsd.org@ab.ote.we.lv> List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:40:05 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/120084; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Eugene M. Kim" <20080111.freebsd.org@ab.ote.we.lv> To: Sam Banks Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/120084: [boot] loader_conf_files in /boot/loader.conf no longer works [regression] Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:38:30 -0700 Sam Banks wrote: > I've tested this on 7.0-RELEASE and can't reproduce the problem using > the following: > > Inside /boot/loader.conf, I have > loader_conf_files="/boot/modules.conf". Inside /boot/modules.conf, I > have nullfs_load="YES" and ntfs_load="YES". When I reboot, both of > those modules are loaded into the kernel. > > The only thing I can do to reproduce the results is, inside > /boot/modules.conf, modify it to read NULLFS_load="YES" and > NTFS_load="YES". I wasn't sure if the capitilised module name inside > MODULENAME_load="YES" was just a "replace with lower case module name" > or whether the module name is being entered in capitals. > > Just to check the basics: > > 1. Is loader_conf_files spelled correctly in /boot/loader.conf? > > 2. Does the value of loader_conf_files in /boot/loader.conf match the > file in /boot it's meant to load? > > 3. Do the modules load when you kldload them manually when the system > is up and running? Yes to all three of them (at least on the 8-CURRENT machine that exhibits the same problem). I recently installed VMware on one of my spare machines, and will try soon to reproduce the problem from scratch. Eugene