Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:40:09 +0200 From: Thomas Moestl <tmm@FreeBSD.org> To: Garance A Drosehn <drosihn@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ** HEADS UP ** DO NOT UPDATE and 'make world' YOUR SPARCS Message-ID: <20040620174009.GA3148@timesink.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <97880ae0406191546208772a8@mail.gmail.com> References: <20040616161217.GA57659@dragon.nuxi.com> <97880ae0406191546208772a8@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 2004/06/19 at 18:46:41 -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > > I've hit an issue that I suspect can render your machine useless if you > > install a new binutils. > > > > I suggest not installing a new userland world until you see the "ALL > > CLEAR". > > So, is it safe to do a new buildworld/installworld after the fixes > that were recently committed by Thomas? With -CURRENT as of the time of writing, that should work fine. > I "rushed" (*) a sparc64 buildworld together as soon as I saw that > commit, but the new kernel panic'ed when I tried to boot into it. > So, I didn't even get far enough to install the new userland. > That panic might have been an error on my part, but I thought I would > ask before making another attempt. Since Jun 17, there was a problem that would cause a panic at the time the root file system was to be mounted; I just fixed that (src/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c r1.129). Maybe that was what you saw? - Thomas -- Thomas Moestl <t.moestl@tu-bs.de> http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0015675/ <tmm@FreeBSD.org> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~tmm/ "It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept." -- Calvin and Hobbes
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