From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Oct 22 04:26:23 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F42AFE8848 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 04:26:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grahamperrin@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr1-x42c.google.com (mail-wr1-x42c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::42c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A38AC87293 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2018 04:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grahamperrin@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr1-x42c.google.com with SMTP id g9-v6so2001314wrq.4 for ; Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:26:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1R2yITzPQWzxOXKMadtoBo1arLzn3eA+8L/QGEuEwrY=; b=IM+ofxKLjHIZEEpk/5UoP9a6f2JyD5ml0Z4zsk4bJ0dQSX8pZc/q8IBSBTZayM+7yQ 3Zm5fKt0YdXLzFYTf6FzM4Rk6/ni+UHQ10/9OHas3czl/1PRrLiNotqgML0WNMBLNlZf NYKrD//uts+B1J+zmx9CAxJCRjCBORmv0wKomX8agWb4u+EtOGlk9wYnyn55B1sHe21Y UJX0k0Br6EETdruX0hLzsp3dbNszf13OjbzAQkv+9JyQswIIEpmOTQTiiT40ZQp+eyl5 xFHA2T6z6LZF3LnDLklqCIlKFLTi/tZ2/200RlOovp+prGDvoaavLpPaWrJbM1Vtw1yA im2A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=1R2yITzPQWzxOXKMadtoBo1arLzn3eA+8L/QGEuEwrY=; b=rvvmsbsxHiVEu92MemzhynzreluwHr7NDZmPlRFrZkXmkKLdDew7HpLiOisud4B1U7 wPCQyC9CLcaa/Qc0+FaF+LEySsNWMSXXtxlbtyY3upeXEb1IYCKVdORztJxC1i1l6n8B eqWWiqeIrjiGbnc4JfVvdhVRwpkaCgCZFPThMVSJmXe4WdHkZA5xiuU+RdUakTDaGg7y 9iqil8moifHnRUz1FJbxVQL9HcZIjQeD7XAA4hA6yoHyB8f9d8pU/iT3EI56B9l22i3M YCuoVY84Ll0yF2adDkDYUd/3xys/ODSDTDAGMAUDPakH2jby6qMQ3iwu/no0pBQ9xGoh ICEA== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfojrEPFfyu9YtANDoVRL6koSfOojxpMp9EV9GXoBFqMQwbhhHPN6 dvLCNXjqAOD//MwPc1IneZX4GYzLPTk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV60FErai7Ekcxfut0BWaV51yIyX24Htr93xM8zqEIc8n9BUYZLyJG2WID0pVwoiErC02tf5Vag== X-Received: by 2002:adf:8bc5:: with SMTP id w5-v6mr45894060wra.110.1540182380724; Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:26:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.231] (79-66-139-63.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com. [79.66.139.63]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b5-v6sm6964757wrs.34.2018.10.21.21.26.19 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:26:19 -0700 (PDT) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Graham Perrin Subject: rc.conf(5): comparing kld_list and kldload Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 05:26:18 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 04:26:23 -0000 >From : > … > > 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? ---- Background: difficulty with radeonkms and sddm following a switch of -CURRENT to stable/12 I'm toying with the possibility that faster is not always best; that a specific load/start order might help.