Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:23:26 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Kirk McKusick <mckusick@McKusick.COM> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS-UP new statfs structure Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0311121917340.49080@e0-0.zab2.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <200311121855.hACItAaG006605@beastie.mckusick.com> References: <200311121855.hACItAaG006605@beastie.mckusick.com>
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On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Kirk McKusick wrote: > The statfs structure was updated on Nov 11th with 64-bit fields > to allow accurate reporting of multi-terabyte filesystem sizes. > > You should build and boot a new kernel BEFORE doing a `make world' > as the new kernel will know about binaries using the old statfs > structure, but an old kernel will not know about the new system > calls that support the new statfs structure. Running an old kernel > after a `make world' will cause programs such as `df' that do a > statfs system call to fail with a bad system call. shouldn't in addition to this mail requested by Scott UPDATING also be updated ? -- Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT 56 69 73 69 74 http://www.zabbadoz.net/
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