From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 6 20:32:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA05326 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 May 1996 20:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA05321 for ; Mon, 6 May 1996 20:32:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jbrann.dialup.access.net (jbrann.dialup.access.net [166.84.193.118]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with SMTP id UAA23653 for ; Mon, 6 May 1996 20:32:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jbrann@localhost) by jbrann.dialup.access.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA00910; Mon, 6 May 1996 23:32:10 -0400 Message-Id: <199605070332.XAA00910@jbrann.dialup.access.net> Subject: Re: Kernel compile error To: root@eer-ss201.internet1.net (Super-User) Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 23:32:10 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org (freeq) In-Reply-To: <199605070021.UAA06299@eer-ss201.internet1.net> from Super-User at "May 6, 96 08:21:27 pm" From: John Brann Reply-To: John Brann Organisation: Not while I'm at home X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL13 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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