From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Mar 19 12:45:52 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19A7CAD520C for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:45:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5A637F9 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:45:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-32-133.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.32.133]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9BC3276DE; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:45:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id u2JCjnpv002371; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:45:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 13:45:49 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Anton Sayetsky Cc: Timothy Macintyre , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 16kb Page Size Message-Id: <20160319134549.5bf3019f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20160319132752.932a5a1e.freebsd@edvax.de> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:45:52 -0000 On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:37:14 +0200, Anton Sayetsky wrote: > 2016-03-19 14:27 GMT+02:00 Polytropon : > > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:11:17 +0000, Timothy Macintyre wrote: > >> I'm trying to do some testing on FreeBSD 9.0 with the page size > >> set to 16kb on amd64 but I'm having trouble building a stable kernel. > >> > >> I've changed the PAGE_SHIFT to 14 under param.h and also updated > >> pmap.h/c with the following values so it doesn't complain about > >> invalid struct sizes at compile but I'm getting a crash after > >> install and reboot. Is there something I'm missing here? > >> > >> > >> #define _NPCM 12 > >> #define _NPCPV 677 > > > > You should probably repeat that experiment with a currently > > supported code base. FreeBSD 9.0 is already EOL. The best > > idea would be to use the FreeBSD 10.2 release (amd64) and > > make the required changes. > > > > In case you have a valid reason not to use FreeBSD 10, but > > instead need to keep FreeBSD 9, try the most current release, > > which is FreeBSD 9.3. Remember: it's a legacy release, not a > > production release. > You're wrong. I've just checked official FreeBSD site: > >LATEST RELEASES > >Production: 10.2, 10.1, 9.3 Hmmm... are we looking at different pages? * quote * Currently Supported Releases Complete information about the release date, the classification type, and the estimated End-Of-Life (EOL) for currently supported releases can be found on the Supported Releases section of the FreeBSD Security Information page. Most Recent Releases Production Release Release 10.2 (August 2015) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Notes : Readme : Errata Release 10.1 (November 2014) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Notes : Readme : Errata Legacy Release Release 9.3 (July 2014) Announcement : Release Notes : Installation Instructions : Hardware Notes : Readme : Errata * end quote * Source: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/ Still, the FreeBSD 9 path won't continue in the future, so FreeBSD 10 is the preferred way to go, because the support for the legacy release FreeBSD 9.3 will end soon. Especially FreeBSD 9.0 is mentioned in the "Prior Releases Which Have Reached End-Of-Life" list. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...