Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:12:54 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release Makefile Message-ID: <20030317211254.GB34006@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20030317210916.GB35762@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200303171849.h2HInkIh085770@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030317192847.GD21778@sunbay.com> <20030317210916.GB35762@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:09:17PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 09:28:47PM +0200, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > # Please note: the md(4) driver must be present in the kernel
> > # (either by being compiled in or loaded as a kld(4) module),
> > # otherwise the target 'release.9' and possibly others will fail.
> >
> > This comment now is OBE. The manpage should also be tweaked.
>
> It should stay in the manpage as it still documents the requirement.
>
The release procedure also
requires that the md(4) (memory disk) device driver be present in the
kernel (either by being compiled in or loaded as a module).
This is no longer true, "loaded as a module". s/loaded/available/
in the manpage and in comment would be true.
> > > Also place the mdconfig right before the chroot call, to make it stand out
> > > this needs to be done in the standard environment, as we've tried doing it
> > > in the chroot environment before.
> > >
> > > Revision Changes Path
> > > 1.761 +2 -0 src/release/Makefile
> > >
> > Why not just code it like ``kldload md'' here, to make its purpose
> > more explicit?
>
> I used to have that way back when, but people that have vn(4) (now md(4))
> statically compiled into their kernel didn't like it.
>
OK, I see.
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