Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:56:54 +0100 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netgraph ng_base.c src/sys/sys kernel.h Message-ID: <20050110205654.GF777@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <41E2E561.9000504@freebsd.org> References: <200501061745.j06Hj344034786@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050110184139.GE19624@funkthat.com> <20050110202344.GC777@zaphod.nitro.dk> <41E2E561.9000504@freebsd.org>
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--df+09Je9rNq3P+GE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.01.10 13:28:17 -0700, Scott Long wrote: > Simon L. Nielsen wrote: >=20 > >On 2005.01.10 10:41:39 -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > > >>So, to everone, MODULE_DEPEND only marks which modules are required > >>for this module to work, it does not infulence startup ordering at > >>all... > > > >So, should I commit this patch? > > [...] > >@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@ > > .An -nosplit > > This manual page was written by > > .An Alexander Langer Aq alex@FreeBSD.org . > >+.Sh BUGS > >+.Nm > >+only marks which modules are required for the module to work, it does > >+not influence start-up ordering. >=20 > It also is used by the loader and by kldload to load the dependent=20 > modules. So it's more than just an informational tag, it actually does > get used by the system. I don't think the above says it's only informational, but I'm sure the wording could be improved. Perhpaps somebody has a suggestion for better describing the issue? --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --df+09Je9rNq3P+GE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB4uwVh9pcDSc1mlERAg3aAJ9mdKkUhfh+v6FPoFDhc8+eqDBtCQCgl6WK 9Zz0oQlHeqEqqYgeTCLUZlw= =qKeB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --df+09Je9rNq3P+GE--
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