Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:51:00 -0800 From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org, re@FreeBSD.org, hosokawa@FreeBSD.org Subject: [patch] Moving modules to MFSROOT in -STABLE (x86) Message-ID: <20020116115100.GX6073@windriver.com>
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--uJWb33pM2TcUAXIl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sysinstall has had the ability to load additional modules from /stand/modules for quite some time, but the functionality to populate /stand/modules on the MFSROOT floppy was never MFCed. A good description of hosokawa's drivers.conf functionality is available here : http://people.freebsd.org/~hosokawa/driver-floppy/ I think that we should merge this functionality for the release to solve our floppy overflow problems. A patch for src/release/Makefile (partial MFC of r.578) and src/release/scripts/dokern.sh, along with a very minimal drivers.conf file can be downloaded here : http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/patches.html With this change, the wireless Ethernet devices are removed from the boot kernel, and the modules are placed in /stand/modules of the MFSROOT. If you switch the debug screen of sysinstall, you will notice a couple of 'DEBUG: Loading module if_xx.ko (description)' lines. I've placed kern.flp and mfsroot.flp images in my freefall patches directory as well, in case anyone wants to play with this without building a full release. Comments? Any objections to me committing this to RELENG_4 this evening? =20 Thanks, - Murray --uJWb33pM2TcUAXIl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8RWkktNcQog5FH30RAs8SAJ0WzjrLD6XH+NjinCUkI+hf1UglKACeI1hp 9z0FEFDETuNsxEm6E63dDww= =/0IT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uJWb33pM2TcUAXIl-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-qa" in the body of the message
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