Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:45:35 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling 8.3 kernel Message-ID: <500D638F.5060605@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <7f67bff6fd47ae9076c8dc5e16629acd@antiszoc.hu> References: <7f67bff6fd47ae9076c8dc5e16629acd@antiszoc.hu>
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On 7/23/12 2:37 PM, Gót András wrote: > Dear All, > > In the weekend I tried to compile a custom AMD64 8.3 kernel. It started > as a normal buildworld + buildkernel update from 8.3 and it turned out > that without the FREEBSD_COMPAT6 and maybe LIB32 kernel config option > the system won't boot into multiuser. It was mount and something else > that crashed with a sig11 and therefore I left in single user mode. > Somehow I left FREEBSD_COMPAT7 also in the config, but I'd sort that out > also if possible. Of course the machine booted with the GENERIC kernel > even after installworld which went fine in single user mode. > > I've found the following in the handbook, regarding the : > "This option is required to support applications compiled on FreeBSD 6.X > versions that use FreeBSD 6.X system call interfaces." > > I thought it won't be needed by default. There's nothing special in the > kernel config file. I just sorted out unwanted devices (e.g: bluetooth, > wifi, non-gbit nics etc.) and options from the GENERIC config file. If > the new config or any other machine details needed please let me know. > > Regards, > Andras Got Keep the COMPAT options to avoid running into problems. Also, regarding the customization of configuration files, see this article from Warren Block: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/kernelconfig.html
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