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From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
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 Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: [CFT] Kernel-Selection Enhancemnt to Boot Menu
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 12:25:47 -0500
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Cc: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, "Teske,
 Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>
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On Wednesday, November 06, 2013 10:22:44 am Teske, Devin wrote:
> 
> On Nov 6, 2013, at 1:18 AM, Lars Engels wrote:
> 
> > Am 05.11.2013 18:06, schrieb Kurt Lidl:
> > 
> >> Well, I'd probably be in support of this change - it sure beats having
> >> to interrupt the normal boot sequence and typing:
> >>   unload
> >>   load /boot/kernel.old/kernel
> >>   load /boot/kernel.old/opensolaris.ko
> >>   load /boot/kernel.old/zfs.ko
> >>   boot
> > 
> > To load an older kernel I always just type
> > 
> > boot kernel.old
> > 
> > 
> > Doesn't that unload the currently loaded kernel automatically?
> 
> Actually... it does.
> 
> Thanks for pointing that out (forgot about that).

The only thing that it doesn't do which I wish it did was fixup
module_path.  Right now if you break into the loader prompt and
do 'boot foo', you end up with module_path containing
"/boot/kernel;/boot/modules;/boot/foo".  What I would like is to
be able to use 'boot foo' and get a proper module_path.

-- 
John Baldwin