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Date:      Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:01:25 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr>
Cc:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>, Donn Miller <dmmiller@cvzoom.net>, Vladimir Kushnir <vkushnir@Alfacom.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: After last ATAPI update system doesn't boot if modules loaded by /boot/loader. 
Message-ID:  <200002220801.AAA44693@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:40:26 %2B0100." <38B23D6A.9F73BD55@cybercable.fr> 

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> Hello,
> 
> I've yesterday sent a post on this list (from my work email) about the
> impossibility of loading the if_xl and miibus modules with the loader
> (it works well with kldload, afterwards)

This is a known problem with modules that have dependancies; if you load 
the miibus module first it shouldn't happen (I haven't tested this).

We tried to get some code to fix this into 4.x, but were thwarted by the 
freeze.  Other modules should, however, work fine.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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