From owner-freebsd-current Wed Feb 23 5: 6:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mel.alcatel.fr (mel.alcatel.fr [212.208.74.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DBAC37B880 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 05:06:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) Received: from aifhs10.alcatel.fr (mailhub2.alcatel.fr [155.132.188.80]) by mel.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id NAA19352; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:58:43 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr Received: from frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr (frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr [155.132.251.32]) by aifhs10.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with SMTP id OAA29051; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:00:31 +0100 (MET) Received: by frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.6 (890.1 7-16-1999)) id C125688E.0047FBB8 ; Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:06:14 +0100 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ALCATEL To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:01:48 +0100 Subject: Re: can't load if_xl module at startup Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, Well, this is exactly what I've conluded : don't use the loader for now (I've recompiled my kernel). I had a mail exchange with Mike Smith (on -Current) and I told him I would very much like to have a committer add a comment in /boot/loader.conf telling newbies about with little problem (don't know if I was heard) TfH Sheldon Hearn on 23/02/2000 12:09:53 To: Thierry HERBELOT/FR/ALCATEL@ALCATEL cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't load if_xl module at startup On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:47:48 +0100, Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote: > When I load the if_xl module "by hand", all is well : the miibus is > also loaded and everything's fine (xl0 appears in ifconfig -a ...) > > When I try to load the if_xl and miibus modules via the loader, the > loader spins in : I'm answering because you don't seem to have gotten any other (public) answers, not because I'm sure of my facts. Quite a few people have reported problems loading modules from the loader (different modules, mind you). I'm pretty sure that I saw a clueful person suggest loading them out of /etc/rc.local for now. I can't check the archives to validate this, so you might want to think about it more than I have. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message