From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 23 05:24:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCCDC1065672; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:24:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mmatsuda@cybernet.co.jp) Received: from mow.securemx.jp (mow302.securemx.jp [210.130.202.52]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 870298FC17; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:24:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mow.securemx.jp (mow302) id p1N5OFDg017659; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:24:15 +0900 X-MXL-Hash: 4d6499fe322c6a7a-c7e2dbc70546b5b1552de15728d429401d3daf23 Received: from cscu-112sm.cybernet.co.jp (cscusm222.cybernet.co.jp [202.214.244.222]) by relay.securemx.jp (mx-mr300) id p1N5OEnh032767; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:24:14 +0900 X-AuditID: c0a8cbde-0000000800000e83-da-4d6499fe19dd Received: from mail.cybernet.co.jp (cscu-110sm.cybernet.co.jp [192.168.201.76]) by cscu-112sm.cybernet.co.jp (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 13C2F14AA6; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:24:14 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost (unknown [172.21.78.145]) by mail.cybernet.co.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id 050CE2A9FF; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:24:14 +0900 (JST) Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:24:05 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20110223.142405.160720730.mmatsuda@cybernet.co.jp> To: gcooper@FreeBSD.org From: mmatsuda@cybernet.co.jp In-Reply-To: References: <4D63AE83.5040007@FreeBSD.org> <20110223.125435.202697583.mmatsuda@cybernet.co.jp> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.1 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-CC-Mail-RelayStamp: CC/Mail=pass X-CC-Mail-UserOperation: Confirmed Mail X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, dim@freebsd.org, gnehzuil@gmail.com Subject: Re: buildkernel error X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:24:17 -0000 From: Garrett Cooper Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:04:24 -0800 ::On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:54 PM, wrote: ::> From: Dimitry Andric ::> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:39:31 +0100 ::> ::On 2011-02-22 08:30, gnehzuil wrote: ::> ::> I updated my kernel source code and try to make a new kernel us= ing make ::> ::> buildkernel command. But I got an error as follow: ::> ::... ::> ::> ld:/usr/src/sys/conf/ldscript.i386:66: syntax error ::> :: ::> ::Your /usr/bin/ld is still at version 2.15, which is too old to pa= rse the ::> ::kernel linker script. =A0In this case, first run "make buildworld= ", or at ::> ::least "make kernel-toolchain" before you attempt to build any ker= nels. ::> ::> Hello, ::> ::> Does it mean we have no-way of source upgrading from 8.X? ::> We need newest world to build 9.x kernel, and need 9.x kernel to ru= n ::> newest world, and... :: :: No; you have to do something like the following: :: ::[kernel-]toolchain buildworld buildkernel. :: :: A plus side of doing this is that I do kernel-toolchain at -j12 ::and then do buildworld buildkernel at -j12 as well. It's much quicker= ::than buildworld buildkernel at -j1, and less error prone than doing i= t ::at any other -j value in parallel. :: The handbook just says buildworld buildkernel ( ::http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html ), and UPDATING ::just says kernel-toolchain buildkernel installkernel (look for "To ::build a kernel"), but there aren't any official directions in the ::quick to find spots that mention those above steps. Ahh, thanks for pointers. I was just reading the "To upgrade in-place from 8.x-stable to current"= from UPDATING, which does not say anything about [kernel-]toolchain. May by that part, and some others, also needs updating. Thanks, Haro