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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!


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