[fuse-discuss] Boot time panics?

[Mark Phalan]

On Wed, 2007-10-24 at 17:55 -0400, Matty wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> While perusing the fusefs INSTALL file, I noticed the following:
> 
> Copy the following:
>     fusefs/kernel/i386/fuse  -> /tmp/fuse
>     fusefs/kernel/amd64/fuse -> /tmp/fuse_x64
> 
> Note: After every reboot you need to repeat the above command.
> The modules are stored in /tmp to prevent boot-time panics from
> occuring.
> 
> Why would a boot-time panic occur if you place the kernel modules in
> the /usr/kernel/drv/ hierarchy?

The problem is that when the system boots it will automatically load the
kernel module - if this causes the kernel to panic it will reboot, when
the system boots it will automatically load the kernel module - if this
causes the kernel to panic ....
:)

I'm not aware of any boot-time panics that the fuse module would cause,
still it needs a lot of testing before I would trust it. Its probably ok
to put the modules in /usr/kernel/drv if you are just playing with it.

-Mark