From owner-freebsd-sparc Mon Dec 2 11: 5:14 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CACE37B404 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:05:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.65.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9242543EB2 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 2002 11:05:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tmoestl@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 4182 invoked by uid 0); 2 Dec 2002 19:05:09 -0000 Received: from p508e5688.dip.t-dialin.net (HELO forge.local) (80.142.86.136) by mail.gmx.net (mp010-rz3) with SMTP; 2 Dec 2002 19:05:09 -0000 Received: from tmm by forge.local with local (Exim 4.10 #1) id 18Ivsk-0000J6-00 for ; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 20:05:26 +0100 Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 20:05:26 +0100 From: Thomas Moestl To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Subject: HEADS UP: kernel module flag day on sparc64 Message-ID: <20021202190525.GA405@crow.dom2ip.de> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org References: <200212021856.gB2IuUpU064966@repoman.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200212021856.gB2IuUpU064966@repoman.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 2002/12/02 at 10:56:30 -0800, Thomas Moestl wrote: > tmm 2002/12/02 10:56:30 PST > > Modified files: > sys/sparc64/sparc64 elf_machdep.c > Log: > Remove a workaround for a binutils bug that was fixed in the recent > import, as it breaks the relocation kernel modules built with the new > binutils. > Note that this, together with the binutils import, marks a kernel module > flag day on sparc64: modules built with the old binutils will not work > with new kernels and vice versa. Mismatches will result in panics. If you follow the documented standard upgrade procedure (i.e. 'make buildworld' followed by 'make buildkernel'), you should be fine. Otherwise, you should know what you are doing :) - Thomas -- Thomas Moestl http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0015675/ http://people.FreeBSD.org/~tmm/ PGP fingerprint: 1C97 A604 2BD0 E492 51D0 9C0F 1FE6 4F1D 419C 776C To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message