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To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
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Subject: Re: vinum is always started at boot-time... 
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> Oops.  This was a thoroughly successful commit, wasn't it?  At least
> it didn't break `make world'.

:)

> 
> I'll think out another way and test more thoroughly.  How does this
> look?
> 
> if [ -f /etc/vinumslices ]; then
> 	read /etc/vinumslices
> 	if [ -r /modules/vinum.ko ]; then	# jkh paranoia
> 		kldload vinum
> 		vinum read $vinum_slices
> 	else
> 		echo "Can't find /modules/vinum.ko"
> 	fi
> fi
> 

Why not just suck in rc.conf before starting vinum?

I've modified my /etc/rc to do this, and it works fine.
I submitted a PR with a patch.

also, I tried 'pseudo-device vinum' and it does work, 
but I think I ran into trouble somewhere.  
Oh yeah, it worked once, but each subsequent 
reboot seemed to replicate my subdisks, 
until I had about 16, only two of which were real.
Finally I found my config file, recreated and switched
back to the kld.

FWIW I think its good to load the module from /etc/rc
rather than loader.rc, keeps all the vinum stuff in one
place.  Maybe we could even have the module loaded
on demand; ie if you try to run vinum before the module
is loaded, load it automatically.

Cheers 


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