Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1996 14:14:28 -0600 (CST) From: DHIMAN@d0sb15.FNAL.Gov To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: problem in loading kernel Message-ID: <01I3AVG1AV0200009I@FNAL.FNAL.GOV>
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Hi,
I am experienceing a problem rebuilding the kernel. Here's the story:
I installed FreeBSD 2.1 on my Dell P133c. I couldn't get X running because
the default kernel doesn't support the PS/2 mouse that I have. So, I
attempted to re-build the kernel (I would try this anyway, to get a
streamlined kernel). I went to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf, copied GENERIC to
MYKERNEL and modified the latter following the instructions in the handbook.
The first three of the next steps finished successfully:
# /usr/sbin/config MYKERNEL
# cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL
# make depend
but then,
# make
failed.
After what looked like a lot of compilation, there was a message that read
"loading kernel" followed by the error message:
===========================================================================
kern_sysctl.o: undefined symbol '_hw_float' referenced from text segment
*** Error code 1
Stop
===========================================================================
Peeking at the source code using Warren Toomey's search program, I found two
occurences of the symbol "hw_float": in sysctl.h and in npx.c where it is
declared as "extern int" and "int" respectively. Unfortunatley, I don't know
what to do about it. Any advice towards a solution will be deeply
appreciated. Thanks.
Dhiman.
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