cvs commit: src/sys/modules Makefile

[David O'Brien]

On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:50:03PM +0100, Mark Murray wrote:
> "David O'Brien" writes:
> > Please find a way for all your /dev KO's to detect if they are already
> > active and not panic if loaded(initialized) twice.  Many of the network
> > and SCSI device KO's DTRT.  Maybe you can copy their method of handling
> > this.
> 
> I am investigating. 

You've been investigating for years.  I've reported the problem about
random.ko more than once.  So have others:

    Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 00:32:39 -0700
    Message-ID: <20020922073239.GA34550 at dragon.nuxi.com>

    Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:36:00 -0700
    Message-ID: <20030810073600.GA61665 at dragon.nuxi.com>

    Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:18:52 -0700
    Message-ID: <20030815161852.GD61152 at dragon.nuxi.com>

    Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 02:35:53 +0200
    Message-ID: <20040405003553.GG27087 at isis.wad.cz

    Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:01:04 +0800 (CST)
    Message-ID: <040620234141A.22488 at www.mmlab.cse.yzu.edu.tw>


> In the meanwhile, please back out this commit, and
> keep it as a local patch if you feel that strongly about it.

Backed out.  I'm sorry you won't take the simplest path that allows you
to continue to work on /dev/mem as a module yet protects our users.

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-- David    (obrien at FreeBSD.org)