cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_conf.c

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 06:15, Joao Barros wrote:
> >   This protects people from loading _really_ old modules, like say from
> >   5.x to a 6.x or 7.x system, like for instance right after an upgrade.
>
> Will this prevent loading an old nvidia module on boot after a kernel
> upgrade, which most times hangs the kernel? I mean, it will only
> prevent the module loading on 5.x to 6.x or for example 6.0 to 6.1?

No it won't.

The nvidia port should really put the kernel module into /boot/kernel to 
prevent this sort of foot shooting.

Better yet commit my patch to rebuild port KLD's when the kernel is built :)

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