cvs commit: src/sys/netgraph ng_base.c src/sys/sys kernel.h

[Simon L. Nielsen]

On 2005.01.10 10:41:39 -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Maksim Yevmenkin wrote this message on Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 17:45 +0000:
> >   This does not address the bigger problem: MODULE_DEPEND
> >   does not seem to work when modules are compiled in the
> >   kernel, but it fixes the problem with Netgraph Bluetooth
> >   device drivers reported by a few folks.
> 
> The real problem is that MODULE_DEPEND only documents other kernel
> dependancies, but does not reorder SYSINIT's...  Considering that
> SYSINIT's are always suppose to be ordered properly (otherwise, what
> is the point of SYSINIT's) when staticly linked, having SYSINIT's not
> properly ordered is the only bug...
> 
> If we move to a more complex and module aware system of SYSINIT's, then
> it might happen, but this will be very difficult considering that when
> staticly linked, you have no way to seperate which SYSINIT's belong to
> which modules...
> 
> So, to everone, MODULE_DEPEND only marks which modules are required
> for this module to work, it does not infulence startup ordering at
> all...

So, should I commit this patch?

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Simon L. Nielsen
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 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man9/MODULE_DEPEND.9,v 1.6 2005/01/07 08:44:31 keramida Exp $
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-.Dd January 7, 2005
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 .Dt MODULE_DEPEND 9
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@
 .An -nosplit
 This manual page was written by
 .An Alexander Langer Aq alex at FreeBSD.org .
+.Sh BUGS
+.Nm
+only marks which modules are required for the module to work, it does
+not influence start-up ordering.
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