From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 17:02:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56BFD106566B for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:02:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from listreader@lazlarlyricon.com) Received: from proxy1.bredband.net (proxy1.bredband.net [195.54.101.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A628FC17 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:02:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ipb1.telenor.se (195.54.127.164) by proxy1.bredband.net (7.3.140.3) id 4AD3E1C001E378AC for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:02:22 +0100 X-SMTPAUTH-B2: X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AthYANc4L0tV44PPPGdsb2JhbACBSoJAlHKCSAEBAQEeGQuIO6NljjuBL4ItUgQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.47,432,1257116400"; d="scan'208";a="18614744" Received: from c-cf83e355.09-42-6e6b7010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO lazlar.kicks-ass.net) ([85.227.131.207]) by ipb1.telenor.se with ESMTP; 21 Dec 2009 18:02:22 +0100 Message-ID: <4B2FAA1D.9000701@lazlarlyricon.com> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:02:21 +0100 From: Rolf Nielsen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Leslie Jensen References: <4B2F60BA.7010002@bsdforen.de> <4B2F9CEF.6050501@eskk.nu> <4B2FA3DD.5050206@lazlarlyricon.com> <4B2FA6F0.30306@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <4B2FA6F0.30306@eskk.nu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Loading kernel modules for virtualbox via script X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:02:24 -0000 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.