Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 04:41:26 -0800 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Ali Okan =?iso-8859-1?Q?Y=DCKSEL?= <kaox.gen@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disadvantages of running 8.3 kernel on freebsd 8.2 system Message-ID: <20130117124126.GA1858@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <CANiJOX3Q7e1q7=4yvF6Hy%2BLRGZMqpyVrim7nxefeQViO86CvgQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANiJOX3Q7e1q7=4yvF6Hy%2BLRGZMqpyVrim7nxefeQViO86CvgQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--K/4a4vvARjOsFc7F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 02:06:35PM +0200, Ali Okan Y=DCKSEL wrote: > I know for UPDATING, it s not correct way, but i tried and 8.2 system wor= ks > with 8.3 kernel (copied 8.3 /boot/kernel directory to freebsd 8.2 > /boot/kernel) and it s not good solution but i want to know; >=20 >=20 > - What are specific disadvantages that i can see clearly, running 8.3 > kernel on freebsd 8.2? > - What are user land tools those not match with 8.3 kernel on freebsd > 8.2 system...? > .... Because of ... things I'd really rather not even think about, let alone consider discussing ... there are ceratin machines at $work that are thus configured. (Yes, I'm working on repairing this self-inflicted wound.) The only issue of which I'm aware is that if one wishes to use mfiutil(8), it better be one that was built from 8.3 source; an 8.2 mfiutil run on an 8.3 kernel will panic the box consistently. Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Taliban: Evil men with guns afraid of truth from a 14-year old girl. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --K/4a4vvARjOsFc7F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlD38XUACgkQmprOCmdXAD1K2gCfVSYfPYS8FryBM53bHhaHyS/F g1UAn0bKkAB+zfQ1Jo+8DWgeflxxKtz8 =3bHV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --K/4a4vvARjOsFc7F--
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