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Date:      Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:20:51 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, Vladimir Kushnir <vkushnir@Alfacom.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: After last ATAPI update system doesn't boot if modules loaded by /boot/loader. 
Message-ID:  <200002220820.AAA86719@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:57:23 %2B0100." <38B24163.C1A6C33B@cybercable.fr> 

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> > > > > I've yesterday sent a post on this list (from my work email) about the
> > > > > impossibility of loading the if_xl and miibus modules with the loader
> > > > > (it works well with kldload, afterwards)
> > > >
> > > > This is a known problem with modules that have dependancies; if you load
> > > > the miibus module first it shouldn't happen (I haven't tested this).
> > >
> > > it does : I've tried
> > > loading miibus alone : works fine
> > > loading miibus, then if_xl : loops in loading miibus
> > 
> > Ok.  We know that hurts, don't do that. 8)
> 
> fine, could there be a note in /boot/loader.conf, so that l^Husers don't
> get burn trying to load things which won't work (no code change : just a
> word of caution)

Actually, I think that turning off dependancy handling in the loader is 
the right way to do it.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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