Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 08:13:10 -0800 From: bmah@acm.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG, re@FreeBSD.ORG, hosokawa@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [patch] Moving modules to MFSROOT in -STABLE (x86) Message-ID: <200201161613.g0GGDAj39723@bmah.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20020116115100.GX6073@windriver.com> References: <20020116115100.GX6073@windriver.com>
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If memory serves me right, Murray Stokely wrote: > I think that we should merge this functionality for the release to > solve our floppy overflow problems. A patch for src/release/Makefile > (partial MFC of r.578) and src/release/scripts/dokern.sh, along with a > very minimal drivers.conf file can be downloaded here : > > http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/patches.html > > With this change, the wireless Ethernet devices are removed from the > boot kernel, and the modules are placed in /stand/modules of the > MFSROOT. If you switch the debug screen of sysinstall, you will > notice a couple of 'DEBUG: Loading module if_xx.ko (description)' > lines. I like this idea! Do we already have free space in mfsroot.flp, or does this depend on the patches that jhb was discussing yesterday to work around space problems on the alpha? Granted that all I've done is to read the patches, but it looks like you're taking if_an out of the BOOTMFS kernel, and then adding modules for if_an *and* if_wi to the mfsroot.flp. It seems to me that if you're not removing if_wi from the BOOTMFS kernel, you don't need the module on mfsroot.flp, right? Also if you want to get rid of *all* the 802.11 devices, if_awi is another one. Cheers, Bruce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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