Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-15 Thread Vincent Barus
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008 20:29:07 Vincent Barus wrote: On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 16:48:26 Vincent Barus wrote: does anyone have an idea what's the difference or what

Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-15 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 15 July 2008 15:20:19 Vincent Barus wrote: On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 14 July 2008 20:29:07 Vincent Barus wrote: On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 16:48:26 Vincent Barus

Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-14 Thread Vincent Barus
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 16:48:26 Vincent Barus wrote: does anyone have an idea what's the difference or what _could_ be the difference on loading a kernel module during boot or manually? There's one major difference. File systems

Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-14 Thread Mel
On Monday 14 July 2008 20:29:07 Vincent Barus wrote: On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 08 July 2008 16:48:26 Vincent Barus wrote: does anyone have an idea what's the difference or what _could_ be the difference on loading a kernel module during boot or

Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-08 Thread Vincent Barus
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Vincent Barus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, is there a difference between loading a kernel module during the boot process and loading a module manually after the login? I'm asking this on a general basis and because of pr: kern/123563. I don't know

Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-08 Thread David Gurvich
I don't know what the difference is, but there is one. I have a system that automatically reboots if nvidia is added to /boot/loader.conf on FreeBSD7. If the module is loaded from the loader prompt the system boots and xorg works. I now use solaris on that system as FreeBSD had all sorts of

Re: difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

2008-07-08 Thread Mel
On Tuesday 08 July 2008 16:48:26 Vincent Barus wrote: does anyone have an idea what's the difference or what _could_ be the difference on loading a kernel module during boot or manually? There's one major difference. File systems aren't mounted at loader stage, so any reference to