From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 20 17:40:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C7616A4CE for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:40:00 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D5CD43D41 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:39:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tmoestl@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 6966 invoked by uid 65534); 20 Jun 2004 17:39:58 -0000 Received: from p50906F4F.dip.t-dialin.net (EHLO timesink.dyndns.org) (80.144.111.79) by mail.gmx.net (mp018) with SMTP; 20 Jun 2004 19:39:58 +0200 X-Authenticated: #5374206 Received: by abel (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 2195C6E8; Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:40:09 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:40:09 +0200 From: Thomas Moestl To: Garance A Drosehn Message-ID: <20040620174009.GA3148@timesink.dyndns.org> References: <20040616161217.GA57659@dragon.nuxi.com> <97880ae0406191546208772a8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <97880ae0406191546208772a8@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ** HEADS UP ** DO NOT UPDATE and 'make world' YOUR SPARCS X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 17:40:00 -0000 On Sat, 2004/06/19 at 18:46:41 -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, David O'Brien wrote: > > > > I've hit an issue that I suspect can render your machine useless if you > > install a new binutils. > > > > I suggest not installing a new userland world until you see the "ALL > > CLEAR". > > So, is it safe to do a new buildworld/installworld after the fixes > that were recently committed by Thomas? With -CURRENT as of the time of writing, that should work fine. > I "rushed" (*) a sparc64 buildworld together as soon as I saw that > commit, but the new kernel panic'ed when I tried to boot into it. > So, I didn't even get far enough to install the new userland. > That panic might have been an error on my part, but I thought I would > ask before making another attempt. Since Jun 17, there was a problem that would cause a panic at the time the root file system was to be mounted; I just fixed that (src/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c r1.129). Maybe that was what you saw? - Thomas -- Thomas Moestl http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0015675/ http://people.FreeBSD.org/~tmm/ "It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept." -- Calvin and Hobbes