I'm trying to get 6.0.2-rc1 working on a PC Engines apu2c2 but there are problems with loading modules in some cases. I note that the moddb stuff has been removed and all module loading is now done from modules.sqfs mounted to /lib/modules/$KVER. Although this works at early boot time to load modules in /etc/modules it fails later on for iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore. iptables and ip6tables autoload modules as needed for the specific rules required. Although the scripts in /etc/init.d for iptables & ip6tables mount modules.sqfs to load the helper modules in IPTABLES_MODULES they don't for the -restore operation. iptables-restore is effectively just a wrapper round iptables so it autoloads modules in the same way.
There are other configuration applications that operate closely with the kernel - e.g tc - and perhaps some of them also autoload modules as necessary. They will also fail in the absence of a mounted modules.sqfs, as will ad-hoc use of iptables during testing of new configurations in a working environment. For the moment I will solve it by creating a version of /etc/modules from a lsmod listing once everything is running properly but a better solution than that is needed. Are there issues with mounting modules.sqfs permanently? Would mounting /dev/sda1 permanently & readonly interfere with mounting it readwrite temporarily somewhere else to update configdb.lrp? regards, John Sager ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
