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From: Emmanuel Gravel <egravel@earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: Other problems compiling kernel
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That's fine if I want to follow the stable branch and update the whole
system. All I want to do is update my kernel to something more
appropriate
for my needs. I have 4.0-RELEASE right now. I know it's highly
recommended
to follow the stable branch but at this point that's not what I want to
do.
Has the ability to simply recompile the kernel been obscured so much in
this release?

Thanks!

Emmanuel

Salvo Bartolotta wrote:
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> On 7/15/00, 7:23:49 PM, Emmanuel Gravel <egravel@earthlink.net> wrote
> regarding Other problems compiling kernel:
> 
> > Got this error message when compiling. I can usually work around C
> > problems,
> > however assembler is another story...
> 
> > cc -c -x assembler-with-cpp -DLOCORE -O -Wall -Wredundant-decls
> > -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes  -Wmissing-prototypes
> > -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual  -fformat-extensions -ansi
> > -nostdinc -I- -I. -I../.. -I../../../include  -D_KERNEL -include
> > opt_global.h -elf  -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
> > ../../i386/i386/bioscall.s
> > /tmp/ccVA5358.s: Assembler messages:
> > /tmp/ccVA5358.s:773: Error: operands given don't match any known 386
> > instruction
> > /tmp/ccVA5358.s:838: Error: operands given don't match any known 386
> > instruction
> > *** Error code 1
> 
> > So anyone know what I should do now? Got the latest sources today...
> 
> > Thanks!
> 
> > Emmanuel
> 
> Dear Emmanuel Gravel,
> 
> I may be completely wrong, but I am afraid you have tried to compile
> your kernel (under 4-STABLE) utilizing the standard procedure.
> 
> The 4-STABLE branch has recently received significant code
> contributions which simply require a **different** build procedure;
> the -stable forum has discussed the problems as well as the details of
> the procedure in the past few days.
> 
> ------ From Kris Kennaway's warning as of 10 July 2000 ------
> 
> Summary of Officially Sanctioned Update Procedure:
> 
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel
> make installkernel
> shutdown (drop into single-user mode)
> make installworld
> mergemaster
> reboot
> 
> Depart from the above procedure at your own risk.
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> N.B. This procedure should create a /GENERIC kernel.
> You will use chflags noschg/schg in order to be able to subsequently move
> (ie rename) the kernels (kernel --> kernel.old; GENERIC --> kernel).
> 
> Other "gory" details (e.g. how to manage a /WHATEVER kernel) in the
> archives :-)
> 
> Also, using the new procedure should be *safe* whenever you have
> cvsup'ed your source tree; when you don't update your sources, you can
> use the old standard method (config [-r], make depend; make; make
> install).


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