From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Dec 19 02:00:32 2015 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 EE33BA4B099 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:00:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-f178.google.com (mail-io0-f178.google.com [209.85.223.178]) (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 C90B21E1D for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:00:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-f178.google.com with SMTP id 186so109215704iow.0 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:00:32 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=references:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=B3QKL39PwJGl7kiBKcSt9wJEG3XdYe1uDUdLBhDMEw4=; b=OshKF2wfSKtcHiy/vYVLtmOq38jJ8DTYpBiA0R9eKp81mdK2ONRwCmN9yxVITF8SJc jP5ZK754BA7HOteGF8RcDGapvk6ydu1fHuHFd8cxQURHAM8mDoy+Vr+yv5hBP+eN9hxt yQ5WYsh0u3FBEvuhnKCBPdNbPs2Ft3aEJyrhl88IcYvOq3xCyX9c0ypFxYJxsB02/MP2 HeF3pZ/upwADReT0pntOotqhU0EWf47wkNgHfhQ7PKTnMmenBQWQFahkQB/riBWd2qvg sQM9caPNFA922neTbxMrqCJUshhi1h4ztlOASYCKO1SOFqSiUcXQq8B73NH5sxwkHW3A 0aSQ== X-Received: by 10.107.158.213 with SMTP id h204mr9717501ioe.129.1450490426290; Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:00:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (63-231-131-191.mpls.qwest.net. [63.231.131.191]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c21sm7630750ioc.24.2015.12.18.18.00.24 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 18 Dec 2015 18:00:25 -0800 (PST) References: <1171783145.1510695.1450455797069.JavaMail.apache@nm21.abv.bg> <20151218201307.GB87773@neutralgood.org> From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: Georgi Manov , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel compile error In-reply-to: <20151218201307.GB87773@neutralgood.org> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:00:24 -0600 Message-ID: <86si2zurif.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 02:00:33 -0000 kpneal@pobox.com writes: > Try compiling GENERIC first. Then remove one or two options and > recompile. Repeat until satisfied. While I second the spirit behind this, there are some shortcuts you can take. If you don't have a RAID controller on your machine, for example, you can just delete the lines for all the RAID drivers. It's when you get to more nebulous-yet-vital stuff like network and disk drivers that you'll want to be more careful. It's still not a bad idea to build the GENERIC kernel, then build your custom, uniquely named kernel afterward. This way you at least have a backup GENERIC kernel at the ready if something goes even more wrong than expected. ;) -- ================================================================= :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: ================================================================== 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams ==================================================================