Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 16:47:06 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@harmonic.co.il> To: Daniel Lang <dl@leo.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vinum Question Message-ID: <978792426.3a572fea1dd0e@webmail.harmonic.co.il> In-Reply-To: <20010105154507.F17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <20010105141224.E17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <3A55D971.42FB0B16@escape.gr> <20010105154507.F17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
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Quoting Daniel Lang <dl@leo.org>: [..] > > > Although I guess you could immediately load the vinum.ko, > > > before booting the kernel (i.e. load the kernel, load the > > > module along with other modules like splash, then boot the kernel), > > > but this does not help you to boot from a vinum device. > [..] > > > Although loader is more sophisticated, it does not know about vinum, > > > > I thought the same myself byt, in that case, > > what is the purpose of the vinum_load option ? > As I said, to load the module before booting the kernel. > Just as the other modules. As the module is loaded into > the _kernel_ not into 'loader' or anything you cannot use it > until the kernel booted. Or to put it this way: the kernel or/and modules have to be loaded from filesystem which resides on some *device*. The current booting process, AFAIK, doesn't know about vinum devices. --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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