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Date:      Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:57:23 +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:  <38B24163.C1A6C33B@cybercable.fr>
References:  <200002220808.AAA59841@mass.cdrom.com>

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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > > > 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
> 
> Ok.  We know that hurts, don't do that. 8)

fine, could there be a note in /boot/loader.conf, so that l^Husers don't
get burn trying to load things which won't work (no code change : just a
word of caution)

	TfH


> 
> --
> \\ 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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