On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 01:25:46AM -0700, Adrian Chadd wrote: > .. or we could just bite the bullet and split GENERIC into GENERIC > (which would have modules for everything) and GENERIC_NOMODULES. > > Then just populate a default module list that goes into /boot/loader.conf.
No, the list must be in kld_list="" in rc.conf. If you add all the modules to loader.conf you can drink a coffee while the system boots. > > If you're even more evil, you could populate a module list that goes > into /boot/<kernel>/module.conf.default, and then allow that to be > overridden. > > Point is - a modular kernel works, right now. What we're missing is a > way to load them at boot time by the bootloader. Well, enough of them > to bring up the system so the rest can be autoloaded as needed. > > _That_ whole mess would be a great GSoC project. +1
pgpuBzlZI_kIu.pgp
Description: PGP signature
