how to influence load order of kernel modules

2003-07-03 Thread Stefan Farrenkopf
Hi all,

first of all about the background of my question:
if I start vmware (version 2 from the ports tree) on my FreeBSD 4.8 system, 
the system reboots :((
I found that if I restart /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware.sh (stop, start) the 
kernel module vmmon gets unloaded and loaded again and I get a new order in 
the kldstat list (see below).
I am wondering how I can influence the initial load order of kernel 
modules, because the problem with vmware my disappear if vmmon is always 
loaded after if_tap.ko (which is also part of the vmware.sh script, but 
which does not unload by vmware.sh stop).

Thanks for you help,
Stefan


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Re: how to influence load order of kernel modules

2003-07-03 Thread Stefan Farrenkopf
Hi again,

I would like to correct the information I send before.

After I rebooted my machine once more (by starting vmware :( ) I had to 
realize, that the vmware.sh stop/start procedure is obviously not always 
sufficient.
Without starting any applications I opened a Terminal window and started 
vmware and it got up without booting my box.

So I suppose the problem is somewhere else. But I would still like to know 
how I can influence the load order of kernel modules, even if it does not 
solve my problem ;)

best wishes,
Stefan
--On Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:34:22 +0200 Stefan Farrenkopf 
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Hi all,

first of all about the background of my question:
if I start vmware (version 2 from the ports tree) on my FreeBSD 4.8
system, the system reboots :(( I found that if I restart
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware.sh (stop, start) the kernel module vmmon gets
unloaded and loaded again and I get a new order in the kldstat list (see
below). I am wondering how I can influence the initial load order of
kernel modules, because the problem with vmware my disappear if vmmon is
always loaded after if_tap.ko (which is also part of the vmware.sh
script, but which does not unload by vmware.sh stop).
Thanks for you help,
Stefan


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