Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:09:16 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Rich Wales <richw@webcom.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.1-STABLE kernel with 4.1-RELEASE userland? Message-ID: <20000823140916.X57333@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <200008231701226.richw@wyattearp.stanford.edu>; from richw@webcom.com on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:02:46AM -0700 References: <200008231701226.richw@wyattearp.stanford.edu>
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:02:46AM -0700, Rich Wales wrote:
> OK, I did a bit more research on this problem.
>
> The reason 4.1-RELEASE "ipfw" fails with a 4.1-STABLE kernel appears to
> be because struct ip_fw (in netinet/ip_fw.h) has had two new elements
> added in the middle (u_char fw_tcpopt, fw_tcpnopt). As a result, the
> "setsockopt" calls in "ipfw" failed with EINVAL (invalid argument).
Speaking as the guilty party, I don't think that's a problem. Read on.
> I haven't tried yet to figure out why CD-ROM file systems stopped
> working when I tried a 4.1-STABLE kernel with a 4.1-RELEASE userland.
> When I mounted a CD on /cdrom and tried "ls /cdrom", the kernel said
> "RRIP without PX field?" (isofs/cd9660/cd9660_rrip.c), and nothing
> at all was visible in the /cdrom directory. When I tried to unmount
> the CD, "umount" failed with an "invalid argument" message.
>
> I understand now that if I'm going to track -STABLE, I can't just track
> the kernel. For the moment, I think I'll have to stick with -RELEASE
> and wait to track -STABLE until I have time to deal with a more involved
> upgrade (including being able to back it out in case something doesn't
> work -- the machine in question is a semi-production system and I can't
> afford to have it stay broken for long).
We've never supported a different userland then kernel, so this entire e-mail
is old news.
--
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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