Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 18:17:17 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 286700] Loader kmod loading errors vanish too quickly Message-ID: <bug-286700-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=286700 Bug ID: 286700 Summary: Loader kmod loading errors vanish too quickly Product: Base System Version: 14.3-STABLE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: misc Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: ps.ports@smyrak.com I was recently affected by an incident during upgrading my main 14-STABLE machine that looked initially very much like some sort of regression but turned out to be a pretty simple root cause. Since ZFS support needs a separate kernel module even the default GENERIC kernel cannot handle root on ZFS without access to such. In my case a faulty "make installkernel" (lack of certain kmods inc. zfs.ko) caused the machine boot to fail at root mounting. Failure to load modules listed in loader.conf hid the actual root cause for a long time, as boot posted errors vanish too quickly, turning operator attention towards other theories. Currently on fast modern systems errors posted by loader on boot are gone quickly. It would be helpful if loader stopped for a second, when it cannot locate a module configured in loader.conf to let operator acknowledge the problem. I see if mostly as a usability issue. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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