On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 04:50:03PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 04:42:49PM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> K> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 04:15:15PM +0300, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> K> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 08:10:05AM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
> K> > K> >   There is regression after r286727. Our dynamic kernel linker 
> doesn't
> K> > K> > support weak symbols, so the geom_md.ko can no longer be loaded 
> dynamically
> K> > K> > neither from loader nor at runtime. Having it statically in kernel 
> is
> K> > K> > the only working option.
> K> > K> 
> K> > K> Perhaps, something could be fixed in the dynamic linker ?
> K> > K> 
> K> > K> I checked both i386 and amd64, and on both arches I can load 
> geom_md.ko.
> K> > K> On the other hand, I do not use preloaded mfs images.  Can you explain
> K> > K> how to reproduce the issue, and what linker is affected ?  Note that 
> we
> K> > K> have two kernel dynamic linkers, one is used on amd64 and mips, 
> second one
> K> > K> is for all other architectures.
> K> > 
> K> > To reproduce you need just a vanilla head, a kernel that doesn't have
> K> > 'device md' in it, and run kldload geom_md.ko. Does that work for you?
> K> 
> K> Yes, it does, both on amd64 and i386.  You did not said which architecture
> K> exposes your problem.  Post your kernel config.
> 
> It is amd64. Here is config.

> options       MD_ROOT                 # MD is a potential root device
It is MD_ROOT which is problematic, it seems.  I will take a look into
linker.

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