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Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern



> >> Log Message:
> >> - Don't autounload modules loaded during boot. In my case, ffs got unloaded
> >>  because my cdrom takes too long to initialize.
> > is this the right thing to do ? it seems more a workaround than a fix
> > of the obviously buggy auto-unload code.
> 
> Preloaded modules are special in that they are required to bootstrap the 
> system. If they are unloaded before the kernel can mount the root 
> filesystem there is no hope if loading them again.

It might be better to make bootstrap modules unloadable after mountroot
(or just disable autounloading modules until mountroot)?
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Izumi Tsutsui


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