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Date:      Tue, 13 May 2003 13:29:18 -0400
From:      Michael Edenfield <kutulu@kutulu.org>
To:        Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Subject:   Re: 5.1-RELEASE TODO
Message-ID:  <20030513172918.GA13561@basement.kutulu.org>
In-Reply-To: <3EC122B3.3000301@isi.edu>
References:  <200305131300.h4DD0Ecd059610@fledge.watson.org> <xzpof26vnds.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <3EC122B3.3000301@isi.edu>

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* Lars Eggert <larse@ISI.EDU> [030513 12:52]:
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> >I'm unable to reproduce this; kldload refuses to load a module which
> >is already present, and if you try to preload a driver which is
> >compiled into the kernel, the kernel will refuse to register it.
>=20
> I've seen panics like this happen with loading such duplicate modules=20
> via /boot/loader.conf (i.e. not with kldload from the console.) Is this=
=20
> what you mean by "preload"?
>=20
> It doesn't happen for all modules, but it does for some. I think I=20
> remember random.ko being one that caused problems, but I'm not sure, and=
=20
> can't test right now (away from the machine).

Yes, it still happens.  If 'device random' is in the kernel and=20
'random_load=3D"YES"' in loader.conf then your machine panics on boot. =20
I uncommented one too many lines in my kernel config yesterday and got=20
bitten by this once again.

--Mike


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