Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:02:21 +0100 From: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loading kernel modules for virtualbox via script Message-ID: <4B2FAA1D.9000701@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <4B2FA6F0.30306@eskk.nu> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0912202157330.32571@fledge.watson.org> <4B2F60BA.7010002@bsdforen.de> <4B2F9CEF.6050501@eskk.nu> <4B2FA3DD.5050206@lazlarlyricon.com> <4B2FA6F0.30306@eskk.nu>
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Leslie Jensen wrote: > > On 2009-12-21 17:35, Rolf Nielsen wrote: >> Leslie Jensen wrote: >>> >>> Following the suggestion here: >>> http://forums.freebsd.org/showpost.php?p=45664&postcount=5 >>> >>> To load two kernel modules via a script in /etc/rc.d/ >>> >>> Produces the following: >>> >>> WARNING: Ignoring old-style startup script /etc/rc.d/ >>> >>> I found the answer here: >>> >>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2896643&group_id=151951&atid=782616 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> I would like a suggestion on how to load the modules! >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> /Leslie > >>> >>> >> >> Can't you load the modules from /boot/loader.conf? AFAIK VirtualBox >> places its modules in /boot/modules, which makes them loadable by >> load_modulename="YES" in /boot/loader.conf, where modulename should be >> replaced by the filename of the module(s), omitting the leading path and >> the .ko suffix, e.g. nvidia_load=YES" loads /boot/modules/nvidia.ko. > > Correction.................... > > I read in the same post that the loading order was important, and the > way I understood it was that, if I load via loader.conf I could not be > sure that the order is correct! > > > > > If the order is important, one probably depends on the other. Try loading only one of them and see if it automagically loads the other one. Or I guess you could simply load them from /etc/rc.local. Though that is, AFAIK, no longer a recommended way to do things, it does still work. I start a few things from there, simply because I couldn't be bothered with writing an rc.d script.
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