From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 5 3: 8:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-80.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B0B737B405 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 03:08:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0BBCA66BE2; Mon, 5 Nov 2001 03:08:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 03:08:04 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Nils Holland Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about kernel problem Message-ID: <20011105030804.A13360@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20011105103009.E1337-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011105103009.E1337-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net>; from nils@tisys.org on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 10:36:20AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 10:36:20AM +0100, Nils Holland wrote: > Hi folks, >=20 > yesterday something that happened to me made me curious, and that's why I > want to ask about it here. The story is as follows: >=20 > Yesterday I CVSupped the latest -Stable source, made world, and installed > a new kernel. That new kernel seemed to have a few problems, though as it > crashed over and over, before running even ten minutes. The first thing I > did was re-compile the kernel from exactly the same sources, and, well, > this newer kernel has now been running rock solid ever since yesterday. >=20 > Since both kernels were compiled from the same sources and config file, I > started to have a look why I had problems with my first kernel. I didn't > find out anything, except for the following: Both kernels, the one with > the problems and the new one that works fine, have exactly the same size. > However, diff tells me that they differ. So, the question I do now have is > this: >=20 > Will *two* kernels, compiled on the same machine, from the same sources > and with the same config file, actually be different when comparing them > with diff, or are they supposed to be *exactly* the same? They should be exactly the same, except for the kernel version string embedded into the kernel, which changes each time you compile it. Kris --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE75nMUWry0BWjoQKURApoSAJ9vWlcz/RebAlIwHlF+9UDLog4BAgCg8/eh XwjA4iTBMZlYQ4ft2LW+QFw= =Ukwl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XsQoSWH+UP9D9v3l-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message