From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 18 10:03:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA22487 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:03:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA22481 for ; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 10:03:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from mocha.eng.umd.edu (mocha.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.16]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.7) with ESMTP id NAA29742; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 13:03:07 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by mocha.eng.umd.edu (8.7.3/8.6.4) id NAA03840; Thu, 18 Jan 1996 13:03:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 13:03:04 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@mocha.eng.umd.edu To: Chad Shackley cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: kernel recompile In-Reply-To: <01BAE55E.55900BA0@chad.gaianet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 18 Jan 1996, Chad Shackley wrote: > Well, I recompiled the kernel, only changing an irq, adding atapi support, and removing some devices. After doing make depend, I run make. > > It goes for awhile, and then I get the error message: > > Loading kernel > kern_sysctl.o: undefined symbol '_hw_float' from text segment *** Error code 1 This is a guess, but a common error that yields that "hw_float" diagnostic is taking out the npx0 device from your kernel config file. The npx0 device is very definitely NOT optional, so make certain it's in there, OK? > > > W H Y ? > > > Chad > > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: