cvs commit: ports/net Makefile ports/net/bwi-firmware-kmod Makefile distinfo pkg-descr pkg-plist

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Mon May 11 01:53:31 UTC 2009


In message: <790a9fff0905101305l70d7809cl1ca2525729d53daa at mail.gmail.com>
            Scot Hetzel <swhetzel at gmail.com> writes:
: On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:20 AM,  <QAT at freebsd.org> wrote:
: > ================================================================
: > ====================<phase 6: make install>====================
: > add_pkg
: > ===>  Installing for bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20
: > ===>   Generating temporary packing list
: > ===>  Checking if net/bwi-firmware-kmod already installed
: > install -o root -g wheel -m 555   bwi_v3_ucode.ko /boot/modules
: > kldxref /boot/modules
: > ===>   Registering installation for bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20
: > ================================================================
: > ====================<phase 7: make package>====================
: > ===>  Building package for bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20
: > Creating package /tmp/packages/All/bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20.tbz
: > Registering depends:.
: > Creating bzip'd tar ball in '/tmp/packages/All/bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20.tbz'
: > Deleting bwi-firmware-kmod-3.130.20
: > ================================================================
: >
: > === Checking filesystem state
: > list of extra files and directories in / (not present before this port was installed but present after it was deinstalled)
: > 33067887        4 -rw-r--r--    1 root             wheel                  88 May 10 16:20 boot/modules/linker.hints
: > ================================================================
: 
: This shouldn't be flaged as an mtree error.  The reason that
: linker.hints was left behind is due to this file is generated by
: kldxref.  The port/package runs kldxref during the install of the
: firmware module to update the existing or create a linker.hints file,
: and when the package is removed, it runs kldxref again to clean up the
: linker.hints file to only contain the modules in /boot/modules.  It
: has no way to know if it is safe to remove this file.
: 
: Should Kernel Modules be running kldxref in /boot/modules?

I think so.  In general, one needs to run it for optimal performance.

: Should I change the port to have a do-install target that installs the
: bwi firmware kernel module so that it doesn't run kldxref during the
: install?

What do other firmware ports do here?

Warner


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