panic: random.ko

[Roman Neuhauser]

# kris at obsecurity.org / 2004-04-04 19:02:07 -0700:
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2004 at 02:35:53AM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > Booting a kernel with random compiled in, and load_random=YES in
> > loader.conf causes a panic very similar to the one described here:
> > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-alpha/2003-August/000656.html
> > 
> > "Hi Mark, please fix random.ko" :-)
> 
> Sounds like a generic module problem that is known to exist on
> FreeBSD.  "Don't do that" is the solution.
> 
> You can unload the preloaded kernel and/or modules from the loader to
> prevent it from panicking at boot, then modify loader.conf.

    The fun part (and reason I asked whether there was a way to tell
    loader to ignore loader.con) was that "unload" didn't help, it
    showed the kernel and modules were unloaded, but subsequent
    
    load <kernel>
    boot

    or

    boot <kernel>

    loaded the the modules again, and I had to "disable-module" for
    every individual module, about twelve times. Is that normal
    behavior, or was there a pilot error somewhere?

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