Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:24:57 -0500 From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha ref machine is grumpy... Message-ID: <20040223222457.GD29624@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> In-Reply-To: <15989.1077572841@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <16442.29712.148987.927650@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <15989.1077572841@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:47:21PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <16442.29712.148987.927650@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>, Andrew Gallatin
> writes:
>
> >I'm guessing it followed a null function pointer. Maybe the
> >recent device changes had some special affect on alpha.
>
> The fact that you can compile the kernel in the first place rules out
> the most common makedev() bogosities, but it is certainly not impossible
> that the console code is being creative with dev_t's. I havn't noticed
> it on my way through the tree though.
>
Ok, I just did this:
cvs -q -R -d /home/ncvs get -D 20040220 src/sys
and compiled/tested that kernel. It works. My CVS skills have improved
but I don't know how to now progress through the dev mega-patches one
at a time as phk had said we should. Can someone let me know how to
progress through them one at a time please?
Thanks.
--
Ken Smith
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