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Date:      Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:44:10 +1000
From:      Mikhail Goriachev <mikhailg@webanoide.org>
To:        Mark Stout <mcs@vpm.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE from 6.2-STABLE
Message-ID:  <466D89EA.2060203@webanoide.org>
In-Reply-To: <DOEDIFELHLGPGLILFJKMOEPFCLAA.mcs@vpm.com>
References:  <DOEDIFELHLGPGLILFJKMOEPFCLAA.mcs@vpm.com>

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Mark Stout wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Stout [mailto:mcs@vpm.com]
>> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 9:24 AM
>> To: Mikhail Goriachev; Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
>> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: RE: Upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE from 6.2-STABLE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mikhail Goriachev [mailto:mikhailg@webanoide.org]
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 9:27 AM
>>> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
>>> Cc: Mark Stout; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>>> Subject: Re: Upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE from 6.2-STABLE
>>>
>>>
>>> Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote:
>>>> On 6/10/07, Mark Stout <mcs@vpm.com> wrote:
>>>>> So how should I fix this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Mark Stout
>>>> cd /usr/src
>>>> make cleanworld
>>>> mergemaster -p
>>>> make buildworld
>>>> make buildkernel
>>>> make installkernel
>>>> reboot
>>>>
>>>> cd /usr/src
>>>> make installworld
>>>> mergemaster -iU
>>>> reboot
>>>>
>>>> You are done. :)
>>>
>>> The *correct* procedure is described in:
>>>
>>> /usr/src/Makefile
>>>
>>> and even more detailed at:
>>>
>>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
>>>
>> Following the tasks in Rebuilding “world” in the handbook 
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html I removed the 
>> /usr/obj directory and did a buildworld.  When tryinmg to compile the kernel its failing on 
>> unknown option "MD5".  Commenting that out it fails on the line above MD5,  options LKM.
>>  What's happening here?  These two options papear in the LINT file.  I can't find anything 
>> that explains why this would happen.  
> 
> A follow-up to my last email.  I copied GENERIC to RADIUS2 and symlinked to /root/kernel.  Then added the various LINT options.
> 
> I started commenting out what is failing when I try to compile a new kernel.  All are from the LINT file.  Is MD5 a default that does not need to be specifically added?  What about ICMP_BANDLIM?  And support for IDE drives. Are these already handed elsewhere in GENERIC?
> 
> # These all failed as unknown options:
> unknown option "MD5"
> unknown option "LKM"
> unknown option "CD9660_ROOTDELAY"
> unknown option "NSWAPDEV"
> unknown option "TCP_COMPAT_42"
> unknown option "ICMP_BANDLIM"  (found in Handbook in Chapter 14 Securing FreeBSD)
> 
> 
> # Do not understand why these are fialing
> config: Error: device "acd0" is unknown
> config: Error: device "wfd0" is unknown
> config: Error: device "wst0" is unknown
> 
> # This failed as a syntax error
> controller      wdc0    at isa? port "IO_WD1" bio irq 14


Do you really need those options? GENERIC is sufficient for production 
use. Try running it first and see how it goes. I'd recommend 
adding/tweaking things only if you understand the outcome and necessity 
of them.


Regards,
Mikhail.

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