Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 03:17:50 +0400 (MSD) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru> To: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Todays RELENG_4_6 can't boot with ncr810 on kernel.GENERIC Message-ID: <20020802031523.O65857-100000@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <3D49BFFF.F2BEEEE7@pantherdragon.org>
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On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Darren Pilgrim wrote: DP> > Anyway, main point of my posting was pointing out the fact that kernel DP> > built from today's RELENG_4_6 GENERIC probed ncr _before_ sym. Which DP> > leads to trouble, you see. DP> DP> The first time I went up to -stable, GENERIC wouldn't boot because I DP> need some specific compile-time adjustments and driver settings that DP> GENERIC doesn't have. So now I build and install /kernel.GENERIC, DP> then build and install my normal kernel as /kernel. This works very DP> well, and it gives me GENERIC sitting back there if I need it. I also DP> build an emergency kernel, installed to /kernel.emerg, which is an DP> unstripped super-noisy debug kernel tuned to be as conservative as DP> possible. It as all the non-essential stuff removed and doesn't need DP> to kldload anything. Yes, now I'd teached enough, and I have such a kernel handy ;-) But, to be fair, this was the first serious problem with GENRIC booting I'd encounter. For the tread: 4.6-R GENERIC kernel probes sym before ncr, so we should dig somewhere in between. Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, DM268-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@rinet.ru *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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