Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 14:14:28 -0600 (CST) From: DHIMAN@d0sb15.FNAL.Gov To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: problem in loading kernel Message-ID: <01I3AVG1AV0200009I@FNAL.FNAL.GOV>
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Hi, I am experienceing a problem rebuilding the kernel. Here's the story: I installed FreeBSD 2.1 on my Dell P133c. I couldn't get X running because the default kernel doesn't support the PS/2 mouse that I have. So, I attempted to re-build the kernel (I would try this anyway, to get a streamlined kernel). I went to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf, copied GENERIC to MYKERNEL and modified the latter following the instructions in the handbook. The first three of the next steps finished successfully: # /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL # cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL # make depend but then, # make failed. After what looked like a lot of compilation, there was a message that read "loading kernel" followed by the error message: =========================================================================== kern_sysctl.o: undefined symbol '_hw_float' referenced from text segment *** Error code 1 Stop =========================================================================== Peeking at the source code using Warren Toomey's search program, I found two occurences of the symbol "hw_float": in sysctl.h and in npx.c where it is declared as "extern int" and "int" respectively. Unfortunatley, I don't know what to do about it. Any advice towards a solution will be deeply appreciated. Thanks. Dhiman.
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