> > > > > I've yesterday sent a post on this list (from my work email) about the
> > > > > impossibility of loading the if_xl and miibus modules with the loader
> > > > > (it works well with kldload, afterwards)
> > > >
> > > > This is a known problem with modules that have dependancies; if you load
> > > > the miibus module first it shouldn't happen (I haven't tested this).
> > >
> > > it does : I've tried
> > > loading miibus alone : works fine
> > > loading miibus, then if_xl : loops in loading miibus
> > 
> > Ok.  We know that hurts, don't do that. 8)
> 
> fine, could there be a note in /boot/loader.conf, so that l^Husers don't
> get burn trying to load things which won't work (no code change : just a
> word of caution)

Actually, I think that turning off dependancy handling in the loader is 
the right way to do it.

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