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The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/39464; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Andrew Doran <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: gnats-bugs@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: port-amd64-maintainer@xxxxxxxxxx, gnats-admin@xxxxxxxxxx,
netbsd-bugs@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: port-amd64/39464: amd64 lacks support to load modules though the
x86 bootloader
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:39:56 +0000
> As the one line summary shows, the amd64 port is missing code to be able to
> load modules through the bootloader, unlike i386.
>
> Perhaps the boot.cfg(8) manual page should reflect this reality and inform
> users that this option is only available for i386 currently.
>
> This is just a reminder for people wanting to implement useful stuff.
Pretty sure it worked last time I tried it. Did you run into a problem?
Andrew
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