From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 5 11:12:41 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id LAA25169 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:12:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id LAA25163 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 11:12:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.3/8.7.3) id NAA05145; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:12:18 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199612051912.NAA05145@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: BAD KERNEL To: Spencer_Russell@INS.COM (Spencer Russell) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:12:18 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19961205183204.006b96dc@lexicon.ins.com> from Spencer Russell at "Dec 5, 96 01:32:04 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Spencer Russell said: > Hello:) > > I'm rebuilding my kernel for FreeBSD 4.4 Lite 32-bit OS. Config works fine > but when I run make, it errors out and tells me Undefined symbol in > Kern_sysctl.o '_hw_float', referrenced from text segment, error code 1. > My system is a 486DX4 100. Does this processor have a built-in > math-coprocessor or not, is my first question. I thought it did so I > disabled the math emulate option. Yes, DX machines have the built in math co-processor. But you also deleted the npx0 device, which is for accessing the co-processor. Put it back and rebuild. Paul. -- "My friends say she's a dumb blonde, but they don't know she dyes her hair." -Thomas Dolby, "Aliens Ate my Buick"