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Date:      Wed, 27 Jan 2021 15:08:28 -0800
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 6e26189be406 - main - Fix loader detection of vbefb support on !amd64
Message-ID:  <3973a397-1250-1230-fecc-956b84c74fc9@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <202101272129.10RLTAee080408@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202101272129.10RLTAee080408@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On 1/27/21 1:29 PM, Dimitry Andric wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by dim:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6e26189be406a9a3799074b16925e6cd63cc703b
> 
> commit 6e26189be406a9a3799074b16925e6cd63cc703b
> Author:     Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2021-01-27 21:28:43 +0000
> Commit:     Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2021-01-27 21:28:43 +0000
> 
>      Fix loader detection of vbefb support on !amd64
>      
>      On i386, after 6c7a932d0b8baaaee16eca0ba061bfa6e0e57bfd, the vbefb vt
>      driver was no longer detected by the loader, if any kernel module was
>      loaded after the kernel itself.
>      
>      This was caused by the parse_vt_drv_set() function being called multiple
>      times, resetting the detection flag. (It was called multiple times,
>      becuase i386 .ko files are shared objects like the kernel proper, while
>      this is not the case on amd64.)
>      
>      Fix this by skipping the set_vt_drv_set lookup if vbefb was already
>      detected.
>      
>      Reviewed by:    tsoome

Does the state get reset if you unload one kernel and then load a different
one (e.g. via interactive 'unload' and 'load /path/to/my/kernel')?

-- 
John Baldwin



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