From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 21:00:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D722D106566B for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:00:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93B388FC0A for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:00:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj21 with SMTP id 21so1979822gwj.13 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:00:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=QiCwtwk2Be4sil7+D7MBtgRiu61Mg9pQkmS6Ocxmkh0=; b=qNx6KUJKB7D4m4A3w2/fmrBLyfgAbI6/VS9DUA2K/IZunAaXBFoQghHbiEjrGWvJWD IsgxW6EbrcA18AsUyLgTNq7+SD6ZdiAWcbBdU/0rZbic4yn8rnze04qI/sCdUbqLuf+w esVcocI+36V7vZSwGL77jz1fb6sMSZ4W5N7gc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=uSS9XqLNnkndqlk2gvFj5W0mpyG7d8f6jP3586QZg0n3et+kqc8/PSB2ow9Vwf3Wlx S9HAVZyytZDo5yvRDEqBl3sg3neR3EH6qFaNzOfqyFpMXH42IGEb4geqo413W92Aufo3 V0MorUzGP820CYYbbV7xluqfng7ATZ9iZQyZY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.91.153.10 with SMTP id f10mr93608ago.172.1295989229689; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:00:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.91.111.10 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:00:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20110125205055.GV2518@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <4D3E79D5.7050800@rdtc.ru> <4D3F24BE.1070206@FreeBSD.org> <20110125202802.GU2518@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <4D3F32ED.7080509@FreeBSD.org> <20110125205055.GV2518@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:00:29 -0800 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Subject: Re: Living on gmirror: need to reincarnate /etc/rc.early X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:00:30 -0000 On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Kostik Belousov wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 12:30:37PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 01/25/2011 12:28, Kostik Belousov wrote: >> >No, my use for rc.early is different. I use it to load modules >> >before filesystems are mounted. >> >> Ok, I'll bite ... what is deficient about doing this in /boot/loader.conf? > The fact that for failing driver, I can still get to single-user reliably > with boot -s without doing loader command line magic under the stress. > Or, not having to describe that magic over the phone to somebody who > would prefer to play^H^H^H do something else instead. Hrm, sounds like a need for an /etc/rc.d/modules, configured to run at a suitably early time in the rcorder. :) -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com