Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:00:03 -0800 (PST) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/24823: [PATCH] New FAQ entry about top(1) not working ( Message-ID: <200102030600.f13603R91508@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/24823; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/24823: [PATCH] New FAQ entry about top(1) not working ( Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 21:59:41 -0800 > On 03-Feb-01 dima@unixfreak.org wrote: > > If one loads the kernel directly from boot0 (not using /boot/loader), > > or if one screws up an upgrade and the kernel is out of synch with the > > userland, one can get weird errors from top(1) and some other programs > > about certain kernel symbols not being found. This seems to come up > > on -questions every few weeks; this FAQ entry should explain the cause > > and solution. > > s/boot0/boot2/g please. boot0 is what you hit Fx at to choose > slices, boot1 is a small assembly stub you never see anything from, > and boot2 is what you can interrupt to load a kernel w/o loading the > loader. Thanks! Good to see that someone more knowledgeable than me is actually reading this stuff! Here's a patch against the patch (how convenient, eh?); or you can find the corrected version at: http://www.unixfreak.org/~dima/home/nlist-faq2.diff Thanks again! Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org --- nlist-faq.diff Mon Jan 29 17:34:27 2001 +++ nlist-faq2.diff Fri Feb 2 21:53:06 2001 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ + + <listitem> + <para>You are not using <command>/boot/loader</command> to load -+ your kernel, but doing it directly from boot0 (see ++ your kernel, but doing it directly from boot2 (see + &man.boot.8;). While there is nothing wrong with bypassing + <command>/boot/loader</command>, it generally does a better + job of making the kernel symbols available to user To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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