Re: loader.efi module path vs kernel directory

On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 13:03:26 +0300
Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> 
> I recently needed to recover a system by manually preloading a driver.
> To a bit of surprise, simple 'load $modname' did not work, I had to use 'load 
> /boot/kernel/$modname.ko'.  I didn't have to do this in a long time, but I 
> recall that the short command used to work.  Additionally, required modules also 
> failed to get loaded automatically because loader couldn't find them.
> 
> I am not sure what the issue is.  Is it that /boot/kernel is not in module path 
> (as per /boot/defaults/loader.conf) ? Or is it that /boot/kernel does not get 
> added to the *effective* module path?
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Andriy Gapon
> 

 if you escape to prompt directly loader didn't loaded all it's config
so there is no modulepath defined, you need to 'boot-conf' to load the
configuration files.

 Cheers,

-- 
Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> <manu@FreeBSD.org>