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On Jul 24, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Rui Paulo wrote:

> On 24 Jul 2013, at 20:56, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
>> On Jul 24, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Rui Paulo wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 24 Jul 2013, at 08:29, Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> On Jul 23, 2013, at 10:17 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>>> .. I'd rather we just make modules support work, and start =
shipping
>>>>> stripped down kernels w/ modules.
>>>>=20
>>>> I've used modules; as far as I can tell, they work just fine.
>>>> The status quo is historical legacy.
>>>>=20
>>>>> We have loader support for arm, right? :)
>>>>=20
>>>> Would someone please commit the change to the
>>>> RPi kernel config to enable all modules by default?
>>>>=20
>>>> That will let us verify the current status before we start
>>>> removing things that are currently static.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Done, r253634.
>>=20
>>=20
>> Rui:
>>=20
>> Thanks!
>>=20
>> Hiren and others:
>>=20
>> Please try experimenting with modules on RPi and
>> BeagleBone and let folks here know what works and
>> doesn't work.  You should be able to:
>> * Load modules manually
>> * Load them from loader.conf
>=20
> No, I don't think loader.conf is supported on ARM. We need to fix =
that, but until then modules have to be loaded from loader.rc. :-(


I've never used loader.conf myself so please
let me know what you think is still missing.

According to the manpage for loader.conf, it seems
the key requirement is FICL support, and that is
enabled in ubldr on ARM.

Tim