From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Mar 19 12:49:23 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 D0732AD5424 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:49:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vsasjason@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x236.google.com (mail-wm0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A34C9D8 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 12:49:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vsasjason@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x236.google.com with SMTP id p65so70478352wmp.0 for ; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 05:49:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=TSKRQn7rb/rX8+Il9T33Mi0Ho9v9xkpjr6krVsdxvRE=; b=yZQUZdsBzD0RQGaiivFLzFQAC75nA0wdSXgks5XdWNe/vVbaR2p4OQIdcpDB4Wn+DR DHqoj9WQUVofxUdpRB31C9Jy0SVOiY2HGnavOzXDl3yZyPULA17JmWORIGuc2S9DQLiP l/5wY7Kh9ClLSpqvFGUnxIu0o/YM6a5tMYOtMkVWigprHVElf8DFIk4qkSIhiFiXjwyR Qqyi+/5nIVpiV1sqep8sfMweR9xDtYpu15EB8+wiXEZPgFuPvQcZvMYWMd9XPpvcg+2d Up7Z3Ug7KyiuGLzKfco+D+vSiuivp8zLXvZh7Ol2IL4t1PqbhFLtUkKLLzO0ilNHkdnl NMJw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=TSKRQn7rb/rX8+Il9T33Mi0Ho9v9xkpjr6krVsdxvRE=; b=nHl0UuRpXHpVCTl1LXG1BckI/KEXMGLCmz8ALLLBMyxQ2bm9XJMwsh9sQdzfTh3rub tho4BkCH1HDuUbFtyB2QcBjiFSgWkPB4f7qs5LN0m7x7ocYZTLxTPA9/Ij622C2f+dnx FsRZ2glDpOQ1LY7vwK/s3VG/7CC9eQtjMK+BsBAVtOuwYxWbmhHFF5TwuFjzU74o8Ij2 N/c3PIZWGXgVsmwK3Zf2XZDUh4zD8xx6MLQVGyXoQl4UkETf6ifK6Ntk3HH6AtG+0LKw nRA63uhEosEHPnXlAJdKZLB15DlmUKSHIveteXSLN+IPYtW5faxDdK6XnlB65pNFZ93f jNEw== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJIE5VgCqKdt65FAOwgdHcMK4C/FAg/WCwPqDMBXUIC5+x2DzzhZEUXiOgUegBihoPwjht0f+7mCWGDuxQ== X-Received: by 10.194.113.130 with SMTP id iy2mr20852957wjb.56.1458391761655; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 05:49:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.194.246.73 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Mar 2016 05:49:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160319134549.5bf3019f.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20160319132752.932a5a1e.freebsd@edvax.de> <20160319134549.5bf3019f.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Anton Sayetsky Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:49:02 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.0 16kb Page Size To: Polytropon Cc: Timothy Macintyre , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 12:49:23 -0000 2016-03-19 14:45 GMT+02:00 Polytropon : > 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? Doh, it's true. According to main page, you're wrong. According to releases page, you're right. %) But in fact I agree that one should not use 9.x at all. > * 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, ...