Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:09:27 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: Navdeep Parhar <nparhar@gmail.com>, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Roger_Pau_Monn=C3=A9?= <roger.pau@citrix.com>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r311849 - in head: . sys/amd64/conf sys/arm64/conf sys/conf sys/dev/e1000 sys/i386/conf sys/mips/conf sys/modules sys/modules/em sys/modules/igb sys/powerpc/conf Message-ID: <CANCZdfqNngQ5X5YJsQeQzs6N_pd5RahcS3UjsxhujpJawAokaA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmonGN9oxB6SXfGQ5u1FSDbjo1A%2BFeRzcJtEd%2B78cLCcKHQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201701100323.v0A3NMAI045868@repo.freebsd.org> <20170215100637.2xsyyu46odzig4c4@dhcp-3-221.uk.xensource.com> <f6022c26-ea27-1964-426a-dd61b66abe13@freebsd.org> <CANCZdfrj_t2Fmt4Er3oSU7Nf-Qois-Lzwn5DZ23i78c%2B22Crug@mail.gmail.com> <CAFMmRNyLuKZbMK3fVm=1G7Ky2KQsFOP4BNqkEhyRodxFZbBPpA@mail.gmail.com> <CAPFoGT9qDs%2Bu5erPNc-v825X7y%2B5icG0SNZj0OSrhoLy8ReJ9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonGN9oxB6SXfGQ5u1FSDbjo1A%2BFeRzcJtEd%2B78cLCcKHQ@mail.gmail.com>
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It's already in loader.hints. The bug is that ifconfig doesn't use a library (which others can use) to find the module by name, but rather assumes a particular filename -> module name mapping. Warner On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrot= e: > s/ifconfig/put-it-in-a-config-file-in-share-so-we-dont-have-to-patch-ifco= nfig-every-time-we-change-this-kthxbai/g > > > -adrian > > > On 10 March 2017 at 11:12, Navdeep Parhar <nparhar@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com> wrote: >>> There's also the issue that running "ifconfig igb0 blah" during startup= will >>> cause if_igb to be automatically loaded by ifconfig. >>> >>> I guess we could add a dummy if_igb.ko that just has a dependency on >>> if_em.ko >> >> I do similar stuff in cxgbe (if_cxl.ko and if_cc.ko exist solely to >> drag in if_cxgbe.ko as a dependency). In hindsight I wish I'd just >> added a list of ifnet names -> kld map to ifconfig instead. It would >> have been an ugly hack but much simpler. >> >> Regards, >> Navdeep >> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 11:06 AM, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> wrot= e: >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On 02/15/17 03:06, Roger Pau Monn=C3=A9 wrote: >>>> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 03:23:22AM +0000, Sean Bruno wrote: >>>> >>> Author: sbruno >>>> >>> Date: Tue Jan 10 03:23:22 2017 >>>> >>> New Revision: 311849 >>>> >>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/311849 >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Log: >>>> >>> Migrate e1000 to the IFLIB framework: >>>> >>> - em(4) igb(4) and lem(4) >>>> >>> - deprecate the igb device from kernel configurations >>>> >>> - create a symbolic link in /boot/kernel from if_em.ko to if_igb= .ko >>>> >> >>>> >> This linking causes mfsBSD to choke when building an image from HEA= D. >>>> >> It tries >>>> >> to issue the following command: >>>> >> >>>> >> ${_v}${CP} -rp ${_BOOTDIR}/kernel ${WRKDIR}/disk/boot >>>> >> >>>> >> Which fails when finding the symbol link. I can send a patch to cha= nge >>>> >> that to >>>> >> -Rp, which would work fine, but wouldn't it be better to either >>>> >> completely >>>> >> remove if_igb.ko, or simply copy if_em.ko to if_igb.ko? >>>> >> >>>> >> I'm wondering if for example anyone strips down it's /boot/kernel/ >>>> >> manually, by >>>> >> removing unused modules, and what would happen if if_em.ko is remov= ed >>>> >> but not >>>> >> if_igb.ko. >>>> >> >>>> >> Roger. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > Well, this was my naive attempt to make upgrades for users to be >>>> > non-eventful in the event they have "if_igb_load=3DYES" in their >>>> > loader.conf instead of having it built into their kernel. >>>> > >>>> > If the -Rp works, I'll add that instead. >>>> >>>> The module name is encoded in the module itself. The boot loader looks >>>> it up to see which module to load. Maybe there's a way to fix it so >>>> both load from one file? >>>> >>>> Warner >>>> >>> >>
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