Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 19:29:37 +0000 From: David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules Makefile Message-ID: <20040802192936.GA79661@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200408021850.i72Io3JB028204@grimreaper.grondar.org> References: <20040802182829.GA930@dragon.nuxi.com> <200408021850.i72Io3JB028204@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:50:03PM +0100, Mark Murray wrote:
> "David O'Brien" writes:
> > Please find a way for all your /dev KO's to detect if they are already
> > active and not panic if loaded(initialized) twice. Many of the network
> > and SCSI device KO's DTRT. Maybe you can copy their method of handling
> > this.
>
> I am investigating.
You've been investigating for years. I've reported the problem about
random.ko more than once. So have others:
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> In the meanwhile, please back out this commit, and
> keep it as a local patch if you feel that strongly about it.
Backed out. I'm sorry you won't take the simplest path that allows you
to continue to work on /dev/mem as a module yet protects our users.
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-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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