From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 10:55:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7051637B401 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:55:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from melete.ch.intel.com (chfdns02.ch.intel.com [143.182.246.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A03143E6A for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:55:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pavan.balaji@intel.com) Received: from fmsmsxvs042.fm.intel.com (fmsmsxvs042.fm.intel.com [132.233.42.128]) by melete.ch.intel.com (8.11.6/8.11.6/d: solo.mc,v 1.42 2002/05/23 22:21:11 root Exp $) with SMTP id g6FHtO425538 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 17:55:24 GMT Received: from FMSMSX018.fm.intel.com ([132.233.42.197]) by fmsmsxvs042.fm.intel.com (NAVGW 2.5.2.11) with SMTP id M2002071510560516475 ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:56:05 -0700 Received: by fmsmsx018.fm.intel.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <3WZG1S8N>; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:55:20 -0700 Message-ID: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18703BC5BAE@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com> From: "Balaji, Pavan" To: "'tnu@chania.di.uoa.gr'" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Unable to compile the kernel Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:55:19 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 > > I added a system call to the FreeBSD-4.6 kernel and > compiled the kernel, > > it compiled properly. Now, in my new kernel, if I try to make some > > changes in the system call (very minor changes) and recompile the > > kernel, it gives a compilation error and stops. > > Which error? No fixed error. I just core dumps at random places. It sounds weird, since it's only a compilation and not a runtime library, but it's been happening since last night. > > Essentially, I'm not able to make changes and re-compile > from my kernel, > > but am able to do the same from the generic kernel. The > only difference > > between my kernel and the generic kernel is an additional > system call. > > Which system call? My own system call. It's an empty function right now. > > Did anyone else have such a problem? Any suggestions? Tips? > > Could you post more details? I suspect some dumb a** must have hardcoded the number of system calls somewhere in the kernel and that's what is giving the problem. Pavan Balaji, CIS Graduate Student, Ohio State University "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect... It just means that you have decided to see beyond the imperfections" -- Rash To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message