Re: Kernel modules on 10.1

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost> writes:

>> I would say it's a bug in 10 that *if* KDTRACE_HOOKS changes the module
>> ABI, that it isn't enabled in XEN3_DOMU.  Quick grepping makes me think
>> it's enabled there in current but not 10.
>
> Yes, it looks like KDTRACE should be in all kernel configurations that
> are ever likely to load the solaris module.
>
> I wlil build and test and then submit a patch to be pulled up.

Sounds good.

>> However, on a netbsd-10 domU, modload zfs works ok.
>
> It doesn't on a PV kernel, but it will with a GENERIC kernel running
> as PVHVM.

Indeed, my 10 systems are pvhvm, both i386 and amd64, and I forgot about
that.

You have found a legit bug so I don't meant to say you shouldn't be
using PV, but I am curious what leads you to run PV instead of PVHVM.
I found that PVHVM was about twice as fast.