From owner-freebsd-current Mon Dec 4 14:12:25 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id OAA05138 for current-outgoing; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 14:12:25 -0800 Received: from haven.uniserve.com (haven.uniserve.com [198.53.215.121]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA05118 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 14:12:10 -0800 Received: by haven.uniserve.com id <30743-4>; Mon, 4 Dec 1995 14:14:06 -0000 Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 14:14:03 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: Bigot Hervé cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199512041712.SAA18837@sycgate.sycomore.fr> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Bigot Herv=E9 wrote: > Hello , > We desperatly try to compile a new kernel of FreeBSD 2.0( >distributed by InfoMagic on CD Rom), following the procedure shown in the >FAQ. Even when we use the 'MINI' configuration file, the compilation abort= s >at linking. The end of messages after the beginning of the compilation is: > > ... > loading kernel > kern_systcl.o:Undefined symbol '_hw_float' referenced from text=20 >segment > *** Error code 1 > >Our PC is not Intel-based but Cyrix M7 486DX2/66, can it be the source of >the problem ?? I don't believe any of the Cyrix 486 clones have math co-processers. =20 You need to make sure kernel build options are set appropiately for this=20 sort of system. Can't say more, as I haven't built a 2.0R kernel in over a year now, as= =20 there have been two releases since. I suggest you upgrade. Tom