The attached patch performs some sanity checking on arguments passed to kldload(8). Specifically, if an argument looks like a filename but lacks a path (eg, 'xfs.ko' as opposed to 'xfs' or './xfs.ko') it checks to see if a file with that name is in the current directory. If it is, it checks the current module path to see if a file with that name also exists there (possibly in an earlier entry if the current directory is in the module path), if so it warns the user that that module will be loaded and not the one in the current directory. If not, it tells the user how to use a path to load the module. A -q option is added to quieten the output if desired. Sample output: # sysctl kern.module_path kern.module_path: /boot/kernel;/boot/modules # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 1 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel # pwd /boot/kernel # kldload xfs.ko # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 3 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel 2 1 0xc3a09000 b0000 xfs.ko # kldunload xfs # cd /boot/modules # pwd /boot/modules # ls xfs.ko* xfs.ko.symbols* # kldload xfs.ko kldload: xfs.ko will be loaded from /boot/kernel, not the current directory kldload: to load from the current directory use ./xfs.ko # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 3 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel 2 1 0xc3a09000 b0000 xfs.ko # kldunload xfs # kldload -q xfs.ko # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 3 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel 2 1 0xc3a09000 b0000 xfs.ko # kldunload xfs # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 1 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel # cd fnord # pwd /boot/modules/fnord # ls ibcs2.ko* ibcs2.ko.symbols* # ls /boot/kernel/ibcs2.ko ls: /boot/kernel/ibcs2.ko: No such file or directory # ls /boot/modules/ibcs2.ko ls: /boot/modules/ibcs2.ko: No such file or directory # kldload ibcs2.ko kldload: ibcs2.ko is not in the module path kldload: to load from the current directory use ./ibcs2.ko # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 1 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel # kldload -q ibcs2.ko # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 1 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel # kldload ./ibcs2.ko # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 6 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel 2 1 0xc3a09000 b000 ibcs2.ko # kldunload ibcs2 # kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 1 0xc0400000 cc016c kernel -- Benno Rice benno_at_jeamland.net
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