how to influence load order of kernel modules

[Stefan Farrenkopf]

Hi all,

first of all about the background of my question:
if I start vmware (version 2 from the ports tree) on my FreeBSD 4.8 system, 
the system reboots :((
I found that if I restart /usr/local/etc/rc.d/vmware.sh (stop, start) the 
kernel module vmmon gets unloaded and loaded again and I get a new order in 
the kldstat list (see below).
I am wondering how I can influence the initial load order of kernel 
modules, because the problem with vmware my disappear if vmmon is always 
loaded after if_tap.ko (which is also part of the vmware.sh script, but 
which does not unload by vmware.sh stop).

Thanks for you help,
Stefan




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