On Wed, 2 Aug 2017, Michael van Elst wrote:
ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost (Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?=) writes:Do you, or does anyone you know, rely on any of these modules?While I do use both linux and linux32 (to execute the proprietary TSM client), I could just modload them if I wouldn't build my own kernel anyway.The difference is to have a fix configuration to load it while booting or to load and unload it on demand.
At least for x86 architectures, you can easily edit /boot.cfg to include the required load commands. This causes the boot loader to "push" the modules before init gets started.
I do this regularly with ffs & wapbl (these modules are NOT included in my custom kernel configs)!
# caqt /boot.cfg load=wapbl load=ffs menu=Boot normally:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd menu=Boot single user:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd -s menu=Disable ACPI:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd -2 menu=Disable ACPI and SMP:rndseed /var/db/entropy-file;boot netbsd -12 menu=Drop to boot prompt:prompt menu=Run memory test:boot memtestplus default=1 timeout=5 clear=1 # +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Paul Goyette | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee dot com | | Kernel Developer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at netbsd dot org | +------------------+--------------------------+----------------------------+