From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 12 20:16:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632FF16A41F; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:16:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail6.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDFFF43D46; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:16:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.5b3) with ESMTP id 5915147 for multiple; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:15:07 -0500 Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0CKGcli085604; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:16:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Joao Barros Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:17:24 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <200601121915.k0CJFErD031318@repoman.freebsd.org> <70e8236f0601121145t71e00880j8c98f99195af41e5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <70e8236f0601121145t71e00880j8c98f99195af41e5@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200601121517.26031.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1239/Thu Jan 12 06:36:22 2006 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on server.baldwin.cx X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com r=1653887525 Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, Alfred Perlstein , src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_conf.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:16:43 -0000 On Thursday 12 January 2006 02:45 pm, Joao Barros wrote: > On 1/12/06, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > alfred 2006-01-12 19:15:14 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/kern kern_conf.c > > Log: > > Novel idea, don't print a string if it is NULL! > > > > This protects people from loading _really_ old modules, like say from > > 5.x to a 6.x or 7.x system, like for instance right after an upgrade. > > Will this prevent loading an old nvidia module on boot after a kernel > upgrade, which most times hangs the kernel? I mean, it will only > prevent the module loading on 5.x to 6.x or for example 6.0 to 6.1? This is something specific to loading pre-devfs (4.x) modules on devfs systems (5.x and later). -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org