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Date:      Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:49:41 +0100
From:      Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, Vladimir Kushnir <vkushnir@Alfacom.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: After last ATAPI update system doesn't boot if modules loaded by  /boot/loader.
Message-ID:  <38B23F95.E079BD5B@cybercable.fr>
References:  <200002220801.AAA44693@mass.cdrom.com>

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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've yesterday sent a post on this list (from my work email) about the
> > impossibility of loading the if_xl and miibus modules with the loader
> > (it works well with kldload, afterwards)
> 
> This is a known problem with modules that have dependancies; if you load
> the miibus module first it shouldn't happen (I haven't tested this).

it does : I've tried 
loading miibus alone : works fine
loading miibus, then if_xl : loops in loading miibus

Strange !

	TfH
> 
> We tried to get some code to fix this into 4.x, but were thwarted by the
> freeze.  Other modules should, however, work fine.
> 
> --
> \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
> \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
> \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com


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