difference between loading kernel module during boot and after boot manually?

[Vincent Barus]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Vincent Barus <vibarus at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> is there a difference between loading a kernel module during the boot process
> and loading a module manually after the login?
> I'm asking this on a general basis and because of pr: kern/123563.
> I don't know if it's a problem with if_re because I can't find someone
> out on the net
> having the same problem.
> The driver if_re works after laoding it manually after the login and I
> have no problems
> with it after this manual kldload if_re.
>
> Can you guys give me a hint how to get further with the troubleshooting because
> I can't find any difference with pciconf or the boot -v messages.
>
> Pyun did a nice job with if_re and shame on me for making his driver responsible
> at first but that's the only driver I can reproduce this problem with
> so I don't know
> if there's a hardware / driver / base issue.
>
> The facts about my configuration etc. is in
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/123563
>
> If you want more information please write me.
>
> Thanks and kind regards,
>
> Vincent
>

Hi all,

does anyone have an idea what's the difference or what _could_ be the
difference on loading a kernel module during boot or manually?

Regards,

Vincent