Never mind - it just dawned on me that this _is_ the change!  :)

On 14 Jul 1997 source@NetBSD.ORG wrote:

> drochner
> Mon Jul 14 04:55:46 PDT 1997
> Update of /cvsroot/src/etc
> In directory netbsd1:/var/slash-tmp/cvs-serv29951
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	rc rc.lkm lkm.conf 
> Log Message:
> Take 2 to get the mount order "right", taking care of possible LKM
> loads before netstart this time.
> LKMs can be loaded at 3 strategic places in /etc/rc - before netstart,
> before "mount -a" and after all. "before netstart" works only if
> the /usr filesystem is local (or on NFS, if root is too).
> An additional field ("when") in lkm.conf controls when the LKM is
> loaded.

Last time I asked about this, I was told that you _must_ have /usr local
in order to load LKMs, since the LKM loader depends on /usr/bin/ld - has
this changed?  Or is it likely to change soon?  Or was this only a Mac68K
port issue?


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