cvs commit: src/sys/netgraph ng_base.c src/sys/sys kernel.h

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <20050110205654.GF777 at zaphod.nitro.dk>
            "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at freebsd.org> writes:
: On 2005.01.10 13:28:17 -0700, Scott Long wrote:
: > Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
: > 
: > >On 2005.01.10 10:41:39 -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
: > >
: > >>So, to everone, MODULE_DEPEND only marks which modules are required
: > >>for this module to work, it does not infulence startup ordering at
: > >>all...
: > >
: > >So, should I commit this patch?
: > >
: [...]
: > >@@ -69,3 +69,7 @@
: > > .An -nosplit
: > > This manual page was written by
: > > .An Alexander Langer Aq alex at FreeBSD.org .
: > >+.Sh BUGS
: > >+.Nm
: > >+only marks which modules are required for the module to work, it does
: > >+not influence start-up ordering.
: > 
: > It also is used by the loader and by kldload to load the dependent 
: > modules.  So it's more than just an informational tag, it actually does
: > get used by the system.
: 
: I don't think the above says it's only informational, but I'm sure the
: wording could be improved.  Perhpaps somebody has a suggestion for
: better describing the issue?

Besides, it isn't a bug.

Warner