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Subject: Re: Loading modules from /boot/loader.conf
From: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org>
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> On 10. Jul 2018, at 15:49, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 03:11:37PM +0200, Michael Tuexen wrote:
>>> On 10. Jul 2018, at 14:33, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> =
wrote:
>>>=20
>>> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 01:12:35PM +0200, Michael Tuexen wrote:
>>>> can you run on your G4:
>>>>=20
>>>> readelf -x set_modmetadata_set /boot/kernel/kernel
>>>>=20
>>>> This should provide a list of non-NULL pointers. However, on my G4 =
system
>>>> this section only contains NULL pointers.
>>>=20
>>> Mine is also all NULLs.
>>=20
>> OK. You said that you can't reproduce the problem.
>=20
> I meant that I didn't try yet because the box is used as a database =
server
> for our pet project at $work, and I didn't want to reboot it.  I'll =
try to
> find a chance to do this though.
>=20
>> So you are able to load a kernel module via /boot/loader.conf?
>> If yes, which one?
>=20
> I've put xhci_load=3D"YES" there and report upon the next reboot.
Great!

I tested it with my machine and it shows the problem:
* xhci will not be loaded via /boot/loader.conf
* xhci can be loaded via kldload after the system is up.

Best regards
Michael
>=20
> ./danfe