From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 23 14:24:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C31816A4D1 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:24:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D909E43D1D for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:24:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i1NMOvTr000548; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:24:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i1NMOvvk000547; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:24:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 17:24:57 -0500 From: Ken Smith To: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-ID: <20040223222457.GD29624@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: <16442.29712.148987.927650@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <15989.1077572841@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15989.1077572841@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: Ken Smith cc: Andrew Gallatin cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha ref machine is grumpy... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:24:59 -0000 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 - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |