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Date:      Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:08:43 -0500
From:      Rob Clark <rpclark@tds.net>
To:        Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GENERIC make buildkernel error / fails - posix_fadvise
Message-ID:  <20120112200843.2a348d2f.rpclark@tds.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAN-pd=cPY=Eg1RintaBx6GAon3FsLm-X0h6yvSBxzq=EZ5ukbg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:52:28 -0600
Andre Goree <andre@drenet.info> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Rob Clark <rpclark@tds.net> wrote:
> 
> > System: Dell 600sc
> > Currently running: 8.2-RELEASE
> >
> > In attempting to update this system to 8-STABLE I did
> > what I usually do to update a system (see below).
> > make buildworld completes successfully, but make
> > buildkernel does not. I usually create a custom
> > kernel, but for this system I went with GENERIC as
> > is.
> >
> > The error message is:
> > /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568: error: invalid
> > application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'struct
> > posix_fadvise_args' /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568:
> > error: 'posix_fadvise' undeclared here (not in a
> > function) *** Error code 1
> >
> > I found this pertaining to
> > posix_fadvise in /usr/src/UPDATING:
> > 20120106:
> > A new VOP_ADVISE() was added to support
> > posix_fadvise(2).  All filesystem modules must be
> > recompiled.
> >
> > Not sure what 'filesystem modules' is or referring to
> > here. Also, am I not already recompiling 'All
> > filesystem modules' during make buildworld?
> >
> > What I did (and usually do):
> > csup -L 2 /root/stable-supfile
> > rm -rf /etc.old cp -Rp /etc /etc.old
> > adjkerntz -i
> > cd /usr/obj
> > chflags -R noschg *
> > rm -rf *
> > cd /usr/src
> > /usr/bin/time -h make buildworld || exit
> >
> > build world finishes successfully.
> >
> > Then:
> > cd /usr/src
> > make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
> > make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC
> >
> > This fails with error:
> > /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568: error: invalid
> > application of 'sizeof' to incomplete type 'struct
> > posix_fadvise_args' /usr/src/sys/kern/init_sysent.c:568:
> > error: 'posix_fadvise' undeclared here (not in a
> > function) *** Error code 1
> >
> > Stop in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC.
> > *** Error code 1
> >
> > Stop in /usr/src.
> > *** Error code 1
> >
> > Stop in /usr/src.
> >
> > Following attempts:
> >
> > Attempt 2:
> > I tried using 'make buildkernel' (without
> > specifying KERNCONF) make buildkernel fails with
> > same error.
> >
> > Attempt 3:
> > Started from the beginning (same process as above)
> > with new csup (sources) -- make buildkernel still
> > failed with same error.
> >
> > Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
> > In way over my head here. I have all logs from all
> > attempts of the above if needed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob Clark
> > <rpclark@tds.net>
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
> 
> 
> Perhaps two 'make cleandir' inside /usr/src will help.
> 
> Run it just after removing everything within /usr/obj.
> 
> FWIW, I usually run this simple bash script before building world on my
> machines:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> chflags -R noschg /usr/obj/usr
> rm -rf /usr/obj/usr
> cd /usr/src ; make cleandir ; make cleandir
> exit 0

Thanks Andre, I'll make note of that one.

Rob
-- 
Rob Clark <rpclark@tds.net>



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