Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:30:55 -0800 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: kgzip(8) regression in RELENG_9 GENERIC Message-ID: <88223D12-AEA7-46F9-AA3D-A8F49BC79D82@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <4F1A882D.5080302@cyberleo.net> References: <05f401ccd7e9$1322a090$3967e1b0$@fisglobal.com> <4F1A882D.5080302@cyberleo.net>
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On Jan 21, 2012, at 1:41 AM, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: > On 01/20/2012 09:02 PM, Devin Teske wrote: >> Taking a GENERIC 9.0-RELEASE kernel and running kgzip(8) on it produces = an >> unusable kernel which causes immediate BTX halt in loader(8). >>=20 >> ... >>=20 >> 4. Say: kgzip kernel >=20 > Curious, it doesn't even look like that binary is hooked into the build > process at all on 9.0-RELEASE. >=20 Can you clarify what you mean by the above? > It's manpage indicates that it is unsuitable for loader(8) use, Likewise, can you clarify the above? > and that > just running gzip(1) on the kernel file is sufficient; I'm getting an error when loading a gzip(1)'d kernel... don't know how to load module '/kernels/GENERIC-i386-9.0.gz' So I figure, maybe it doesn't like the '.gz' suffix. No go, same error. Or maybe there's a special syntax to loading a gzip'd kernel? If so, that's= unfortunate as no special syntax is required to execute kgzip'd kernels. Also, kgzip produces smaller binaries than gzip when used on kernel. I'd li= ke to see kgzip(1) functionality restored (again, it worked fine in RELENG_= 8). --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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