Date: Tue, 04 Mar 1997 00:56:35 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Vinay Kumar <vinay@agni.nuko.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel panic with 2.2-Gamma Message-ID: <199703040856.AAA12474@root.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Mar 1997 23:45:14 PST." <199703040745.XAA02826@agni.nuko.com>
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>Hi folks, > >I decided to upgrade from 2.1.5 to the latest RELENG_2_2 from >cvsup.freebsd.org. I managed to compile, but the kernle panics after >learning that my computer is a pentium pro. > >Hardware: > 200Mhz Pentium Pro > 2Gb hard disk > 2940 SCSI controller card > >I had no problem at all running 2.1.5, which recognized it as a pentium >200Mhz pc. >2.2 detects it (rightly) as a pentium pro and panics saying "unknown CPU >type" or something to that effect. I am sorry I was not able to jot down >the exact panic message for your benefit. I will try get that information >tomorrow (I am dialed in thru ppp currently). Anyone experience similar >problems? You need to add: cpu "I686_CPU" ...to your kernel config file. It's always a good idea to carefully examine the 'GENERIC' kernel config file when upgrading to a newer version of FreeBSD; we often add new things and change the format/specification of old things, and this is usually important. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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