From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 22 4:30:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 937CC37B417 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 04:30:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (win.atkielski.com [10.0.0.10]) by freebie.atkielski.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id fAMCUlh94945; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:30:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from anthony@freebie.atkielski.com) Message-ID: <01f201c17351$83f65a30$0a00000a@atkielski.com> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: "Kelly Hendrix" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" References: <012901c17334$750f86d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <20011122064040.A485@www.slackwit.com> Subject: Re: Error on xl0 Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 13:30:47 +0100 Organization: Anthony's Home Page (development site) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm trying a rebuild now. However, I'm not sure how to track my changes. What happens the next time I update the source? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelly Hendrix" To: "Anthony Atkielski" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 12:40 Subject: Re: Error on xl0 > Hello Anthony, > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 10:02:47AM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > > The one solution I've seen involves recompiling a driver module (and > > presumably rebuilding the kernel?), which seems like dramatic overkill > > and risk for what is apparently only a diagnostic message. > > Even if you never choose to track stable and to do build worlds, kernel > recompiles are still something that most FreeBSD users will have to do. > Generic kernels, as bloated as they are, usually don't have everything > enabled that an average user will need (firewall support, and sound for > example). Or maybe the generic kernel is sufficient for your needs, but > you just want to recompile to streamline it a bit. Admittedly, I had > reservations the first time I recompiled a kernel, but with the help of > Greg Lehey's book, "The Complete FreeBSD", I managed to get it both > recompiled and installed. > > My suggestion to you is to try the kernel rebuild. If you have a fast > machine, and IIRC you do, it'll only take a few minutes, probably less > than ten. If you're not sure how, this is a good place to start: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html > > If you still have questions, well, that's why this list is here. Be > specific about your problem and provide as much information as you can. > > Kelly Hendrix > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > | There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a | > | miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. | > | | > | Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | > |______________________________________________________________________| > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message