r286727 breaks geom_md.ko loading

Gleb Smirnoff glebius at FreeBSD.org
Wed Sep 16 13:15:31 UTC 2015


On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 08:10:05AM +0300, Konstantin Belousov wrote:
K> >   There is regression after r286727. Our dynamic kernel linker doesn't
K> > support weak symbols, so the geom_md.ko can no longer be loaded dynamically
K> > neither from loader nor at runtime. Having it statically in kernel is
K> > the only working option.
K> 
K> Perhaps, something could be fixed in the dynamic linker ?
K> 
K> I checked both i386 and amd64, and on both arches I can load geom_md.ko.
K> On the other hand, I do not use preloaded mfs images.  Can you explain
K> how to reproduce the issue, and what linker is affected ?  Note that we
K> have two kernel dynamic linkers, one is used on amd64 and mips, second one
K> is for all other architectures.

To reproduce you need just a vanilla head, a kernel that doesn't have
'device md' in it, and run kldload geom_md.ko. Does that work for you?

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