rc.conf kld_list delimiter

[Deleted member 63539]

Yeah. Just to note that the delimiter used is whitespace. The manual of rc.conf doesn't give this information:

kld_list (str) A list of kernel modules to load right after the local
disks are mounted. Loading modules at this point in the boot
process is much faster than doing it via /boot/loader.conf
for those modules not necessary for mounting local disk.

Hope it could save time for people encountered the same problem.

 

[SirDice]

The delimiter is a space for everything that can have multiple entries. I'm sure its mentioned somewhere but I can't find it on short notice, it's so commonly used I don't need to look it up. I agree it's probably a good idea to explicitly mention it in rc.conf(5) to avoid any confusion.

 

[Criosphinx]

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234248

 

[Mjölnir]

As all rc(8) stuff uses shell syntax, the documenters took this as an implicit assumption and forgot to mention that explicitely. In my rc.conf(5), I use kld_list="${kld_list} another_module" without .ko and kld_list="${kld_list}=/boot/modules/xyz.ko" with path & .ko, because I want a short comment why the module is needed. It can comfortably been used with sysrc kld_list+=module (and have a comment # automagically added, please sort into respective sections at the end of rc.conf(5) and other such .conf files)