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Date:      Mon, 22 Oct 2018 05:26:18 +0100
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   rc.conf(5): comparing kld_list and kldload
Message-ID:  <ded0edc1-e6aa-55ee-5b09-e58c11b8240a@gmail.com>

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>From <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.conf&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD>: 

> …
> 
> kld_list    (str) A list of kernel modules to load right after 
>             the local disks are mounted.  Loading modules at 
>             this point in the boot process is much faster than 
>             doing it via /boot/loader.conf for those modules 
>             not necessary for mounting local disk.
> …

Is there ever any benefit to using kldload instead of kld_list?

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Background: difficulty with radeonkms and sddm following a switch of -CURRENT to stable/12

<https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2018-October/071783.html>;

I'm toying with the possibility that faster is not always best; that a specific load/start order might help. 



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