From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jan 5 6:45:18 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 5 06:45:16 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from tuminfo2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (tuminfo2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F84B37B402 for ; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 06:45:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de ([131.159.9.196] HELO atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de ident: postfix [port 2777]) by tuminfo2.informatik.tu-muenchen.de with SMTP id <112539-224>; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:45:09 +0000 Received: by atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (Postfix, from userid 20455) id 345A813631; Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:45:08 +0100 (CET) From: Daniel Lang To: dxoch Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Vinum Question Message-ID: <20010105154507.F17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> References: <20010105141224.E17176@atrbg11.informatik.tu-muenchen.de> <3A55D971.42FB0B16@escape.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A55D971.42FB0B16@escape.gr>; from dxoch@escape.gr on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 03:21:55PM +0000 X-Geek: GCS d-- s: a- C++ UB++++$ P+++$ L- E W+++(--) N+ o K w--- O? M- V@ PS+(++) PE--(+) Y+ PGP+ t++ 5@ X R+(-) tv+ b+ DI++ D++ G++ e+++ h---(-) r++>+++ y Sender: langd@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:45:09 +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, dxoch wrote on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 03:21:55PM +0000: [..] > vi /boot/defaults/loader.conf and you will find: vinum_load="NO" True I missed that... [..] > > Although I guess you could immediately load the vinum.ko, > > before booting the kernel (i.e. load the kernel, load the > > module along with other modules like splash, then boot the kernel), > > but this does not help you to boot from a vinum device. [..] > > Although loader is more sophisticated, it does not know about vinum, > > I thought the same myself byt, in that case, > what is the purpose of the vinum_load option ? As I said, to load the module before booting the kernel. Just as the other modules. As the module is loaded into the _kernel_ not into 'loader' or anything you cannot use it until the kernel booted. I guess it makes little difference, if you load the klm at this stage or later. Nearly all parts of the system, that need a specific module, load it on demand, if its not present at startup (ipf doesn't unfortunately ;)). And you can load many via /etc/rc* There may be situations in which it is required or at least of advantage if the module is loaded before booting. Although you can set the root-device in loader.conf, it probably won't work to set it to a vinum device. Best regards, Daniel -- IRCnet: Mr-Spock - Der Schatten von Hasenfuss ist ziemlich dunkel - *Daniel Lang * dl@leo.org * +49 89 289 25735 * http://www.leo.org/~dl/* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message