Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 23:32:10 -0400 (EDT) From: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> To: root@eer-ss201.internet1.net (Super-User) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) Subject: Re: Kernel compile error Message-ID: <199605070332.XAA00910@jbrann.dialup.access.net> In-Reply-To: <199605070021.UAA06299@eer-ss201.internet1.net> from Super-User at "May 6, 96 08:21:27 pm"
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Super-User wrote... > ---------- > > Greetings, > > I'm trying to compile a FreeBSD 2.1.0-Release kernel on a 486SX33 with > 8MB RAM (now 16MB) and a 200MB HD. After copying the GENERIC to MYKERNEL > and editing MYKERNEL (which I have attached as text), I type the following: > > make config > cd ../../compile/MYKERNEL > make depend > make all > > About midway through the 'make all' I get the following error: > > kern_sysctl.o: Undefined symbol '_hw_float' referenced from text segment > ***Error code 1 > Yup. This is the first time I've seen this one this week ;-) Please don't take it personally, I did this, too. Your config file contains the following: #device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr Uncomment this line, and your problem will vanish, allowing your kernel build to run like a gentle wind. npx0 is the floating point device, which is _not_ optional. I thought this had been fixed in the config file / FAQ / Handbook... > I have compiled kernels before on other machines with no problems. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you > Matthew Hagerty > ---------- You're welcome, John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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