Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 10:20:45 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD current users <FreeBSD-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: bdevsw has changed its character Message-ID: <19224.926238045@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 May 1999 16:15:51 %2B0800." <19990509081553.6AB261F72@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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In message <19990509081553.6AB261F72@spinner.netplex.com.au>, Peter Wemm write s: >Greg Lehey wrote: >> A day or so ago, bdevsw changed from being an array of struct cdevsws >> to an inline function. That's not a problem in itself: do a make >> world and all will be well. It does, however, mean that klds which >> were compiled before the change will no longer load. I had a report >> today of one person who forgot to do this, and his source tree is on a >> vinum volume, and he can't load vinum. Beware! > >That isn't all.. If you are using kld modules, it is a Really Good Idea to >keep your kld modules compiled and in sync with your kernel while internal >interfaces are changing. kget(8) also will need a recompile. > >People who are running -current for stability had better be damn careful >and be very selective about what they choose to run as a stable snapshot. Amen brother. In general any commit to sys/kern/* or sys/sys/* should make you pay a LOT of attention. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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