Re: don't know how to load module '/boot/loader'

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Alan Somers <asomers_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> I just upgraded my head machine to r326772.  Now, boot2 can't find the
> loader.  Instead, it tries to boot the kernel directly, which fails because
> the ZFS module isn't loaded.  If I break into boot2 and type "boot
> /boot/loader" I get the error "don't know how to load module
> '/boot/loader'".  I last updated on 30-Nov, so this bug must've been
> introduced since then.  Any ideas?
>
> BTW, I can successfully boot with the following commands:
> unload
> load /boot/kernel/kernel
> load zfs
> boot
>
> http://bayimg.com/iAKmFaAgl


I'd bisect :)

However, try to update to just before this commit:

Author: imp <imp_at_ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f>
Date:   Fri Dec 8 19:57:16 2017 +0000

    Create interp class.

    Create an interp class. Use it to separate out the different types of
    interpreters: forth and simple with function pointers rather than
    via #ifdefs.

    Obtained from: lua boot loader project
        (via https://bsdimp_at_github.com/bsdimp/freebsd.git lua-bootloader)
    Sponsored by: Netflix


    git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.freebsd.org/base/head_at_326712
ccf9f872-aa2e-dd11-9fc8-001c23d0bc1f

would be a good place to start.

It's a shame we can't create zpool images with an unpriv'd user command.
Would help out the ZFS testing of the boot loader refinement.

Warner