Re: CVS commit: src/sys

[Antti Kantee <pooka%cs.hut.fi@localhost>]

On Sun Mar 14 2010 at 14:30:07 -0500, David Young wrote:
> On my console and in /var/log/messages, I find
> 
>   WARNING: module error: use -f to reinstate builtin module "compat"
> 
> For example, whenever I type my login:
> 
>   login: dyoung
>   WARNING: module error: use -f to reinstate builtin module "compat"
>   Password:

hmm, something is unloading compat.  I wonder if builtins can be
autounloaded now (shouldn't be allowed to happen).  I didn't notice this
behaviour on a fresh anita installation, so i'm not sure what it's about.

> I noticed that modstat tells me that REFS == -1 on some modules:
> 
> NAME             CLASS      SOURCE     REFS  SIZE     REQUIRES
> compat           misc       builtin    -1    -        -
> 
> Does it have something to do with your change?

yes, it's documented in modstat.8.  Basically there was no easy way to
extend what modstat reports without breaking old binaries, so i decreed
better reporting of builtin disabling as a separate change.  (didn't get
around to filing a pr yet, though.)

i'm on the road now, so i can't look into this now.  but if you can
meanwhile figure out what's causing the unload, i'll fix it around
next weekend.  sorry 'bout the brekage