From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Jan 6 7: 2:49 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 6 07:02:47 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from moon.harmonic.co.il (moon.harmonic.co.il [192.116.140.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5845537B400 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 07:02:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by moon.harmonic.co.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA03464; Sat, 6 Jan 2001 16:47:06 +0200 To: Daniel Lang Subject: Re: Vinum Question Message-ID: <978792426.3a572fea1dd0e@webmail.harmonic.co.il> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 16:47:06 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20010105141224.E17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <3A55D971.42FB0B16@escape.gr> <20010105154507.F17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> In-Reply-To: <20010105154507.F17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: IMP/PHP IMAP webmail program 2.2.2 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Quoting Daniel Lang : [..] > > > 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