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Subject: Re: /boot/loader.conf not being read on 11.x RPI2
From: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 11:47 -0400, Dan Langille wrote:
> re: FreeBSD dvl.int.unixathome.org 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #0 r283896: Tue Jun  2 03:52:48 UTC 2015     root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/arm.armv6/usr/src/sys/RPI2  arm
> 
> I'm finding that /boot/loader.conf is not read.
> 
> [root@dvl ~]# cat /boot/loader.conf
> legal.realtek.license_ack=1
> [root@dvl ~]#
> 
> I must do this at the boot prompt instead:
> 
> set legal.realtek.license_ack=1
> load urtwn-rtl8188eufw.ko
> boot
> 
> Know issue?  Anything I can help with?
> 
> I have the RPI2 with me at the BSDCan Dev Summit if someone wants access.
> 

It looks like we still don't enable the forth processing by default
(although it is compiled in by default).  That's probably a holdover
from the days when it would take 90-120 seconds to process all the
defaults stuff in forth mode on low-end arm boards.

You can enable it yourself using "cp loader.rc.sample loader.rc" in
the /boot directory.  Once you've done that it'll start reading your
loader.conf file.

-- Ian