Re: Can someone please commit a sane module path in loader.conf?

From: Ted Faber <faber_at_ISI.EDU>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 09:52:28 -0700
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:14:43AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20040811164508.74419.qmail_at_web41104.mail.yahoo.com>
>             Jeffrey Katcher <jmkatcher_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> : I know I can override it in my local loader.conf, but the change to
> : /boot/modules only was _really_ annoying and unexpected.  FYI, it should be
> : /boot/kernel for most people.
> 
> >From UPDATING:
> 
> 20040806:
>         Module loading has been fixed.  Some older installations will
>         drop proper module_path initalization and modules will fail to
>         load properly.  If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says:
>         "initialize drop", do (i386 only):
>                 cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc
>                 chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc
>                 chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc

Thanks.  Boy a HEADSUP letting people know that it was fixed would have
been strongly appreciated.  I was affected and I've been CVSupping and
rebuilding regularly and hadn't seen the fix until after I saw the curt
- read UPDATING message.  At that point my UPDATING still didn't have
the message above despite the fact that I'd been updating once or twice
a day since Monday.  I know it only affected a minority, but busted
kernel module loading is a big deal.

Just a minor venting.  Thanks for all the good work.

-- 
Ted Faber
http://www.isi.edu/~faber           PGP: http://www.isi.edu/~faber/pubkeys.asc
Unexpected attachment on this mail? See http://www.isi.edu/~faber/FAQ.html#SIG 

Received on Thu Aug 12 2004 - 14:58:13 UTC

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:38:05 UTC