Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:53:14 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <smkelly@zombie.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Booting with modules Message-ID: <20010319235314.A444@edgemaster.zombie.org>
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Is there a limit to the number of modules one can load at boot time? I
have a list of modules to load in loader.conf, I see loader load them, but
then the kernel never mentions them in startup.
loader.conf:
userconfig_script_load="YES" # Load userconfig settings
### Modules
# Network
if_dc_load="YES" # NetGear FA310TX
if_xl_load="YES" # 3Com 3c900B-TPO
if_ppp_load="YES" # PPP
# Filesystems
msdos_load="YES" # FAT
nfs_load="YES" # Network Filesystem
procfs_load="YES" # Process filesystem
# Sound
snd_emu10k1_load="YES" # EMU10K1 driver
# Misc.
agp_load="YES" # Accelerated Graphics Port
usb_load="YES" # Universal Serial Bus
vn_load="YES" # Virtual Node support
When I boot, I see them all loaded before kernel is started. But then in
the bootup messages:
FreeBSD 4.3-BETA #1: Mon Mar 19 22:15:45 CST 2001
root@edgemaster.zombie.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EDGEMASTER
...
real memory = 134152192 (131008K bytes)
avail memory = 126214144 (123256K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc037f000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc037f09c.
Preloaded elf module "msdos.ko" at 0xc037f0ec.
Preloaded elf module "nfs.ko" at 0xc037f18c.
Preloaded elf module "procfs.ko" at 0xc037f228.
Preloaded elf module "vn.ko" at 0xc037f2c8.
Preloaded elf module "if_ppp.ko" at 0xc037f364.
Preloaded elf module "if_dc.ko" at 0xc037f404.
Preloaded elf module "miibus.ko" at 0xc037f4a4.
Preloaded elf module "snd_emu10k1.ko" at 0xc037f544.
link_elf: symbol sndbuf_getbps undefined
Preloaded elf module "usb.ko" at 0xc037f5e8.
Preloaded elf module "agp.ko" at 0xc037f684.
VESA: v2.0, 32768k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc00c6974 (c0006974)
VESA: Matrox Graphics Inc.
...
Notice it loads miibus.ko, which I don't even specify in loader.conf? This
shows that loader is reading all the modules and adding their dependancies,
but why isn't the kernel getting them all?
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