Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 13:18:46 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Arjan.deVet@adv.IAEhv.nl, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2-stable and /usr/sbin/ncrcontrol: still problems Message-ID: <199710130318.NAA22033@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>>... >>> However, when I tried running '/usr/sbin/ncrcontrol -i', I get 'incompatible >>> with kernel. Rebuild!' >> >>The problem is that "ncrcontrol" accesses some data structure >>in the kernel, and whenever a kernel is built with a different >>definition of that structure, ncrcontrol has to be rebuilt, too. >> >>> Is there something I'm missing here, or should this work? I've not tried >>> using it before, so I have no idea if/when it ever worked here. It shouldn't work with the GENERIC kernel in any version of 2.2 or 3.0. >>... >I still see the same problem, even with GENERIC kernel configurations on >both 2.2.1-RELEASE and 2.2-STABLE from a few days ago. I patched >ncrcontrol to print the kernel_version and ncr_version variables: Don't use the GENERIC kernel except for installation. It has the FAILSAFE option (which causes this problem) and other pessimizations. Bruce
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