Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:45:31 -0500 From: Tim Buck <tbuck@rrinc.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: "Persistent" kernel module? Message-ID: <24C5E16A-6EE8-11D9-85E0-000393C83AC4@rrinc.com>
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Is there a way to make a kernel module "persistent" between kernel builds? I'm using a HighPoint SATA RAID controller on FreeBSD 5.3. HighPoint provides a driver for this controller in the form of a kernel module (hpt374.ko). Their instructions say to put the module in /boot/kernel, and add 'hpt374_load="YES"' to the file /boot/defaults/loader.conf. This works, but when I build a new kernel the /boot/kernel dir gets renamed and recreated, and the hpt374.ko module doesn't get copied to the new dir. I have to copy it manually each time I build the kernel. So is there a way to make the kernel build process know about third party kernel modules and copy it over to the new /boot/kernel automatically? Tim Buck * Information Technology Manager * Recognition Research, Inc. PHONE +1 540 961-6500 * FAX +1 540 961-3568 * EMAIL tbuck@rrinc.com No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American People -- P. T. Barnum
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