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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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