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authorjmg <jmg@FreeBSD.org>2004-08-12 00:00:15 +0000
committerjmg <jmg@FreeBSD.org>2004-08-12 00:00:15 +0000
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add comment about needing to upgrade loader.rc on i386 systems that have
problems loading modules... Solution by: ru
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@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 5.x IS SLOW:
if_carp placeholder. All kernel modules implementing network
interfaces must be recompiled as a result.
+20040806:
+ Module loading has been fixed. Some older installations will
+ drop proper module_path initalization and modules will fail to
+ load properly. If you have a line in /boot/loader.rc that says:
+ "initialize drop", do (i386 only):
+ cp /usr/src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc /boot/loader.rc
+ chown root:wheel /boot/loader.rc
+ chmod 444 /boot/loader.rc
+
20040802:
making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
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