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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Problem building a new kernel
To: scg@lawtech.com (Steve Gibbard)
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:40:49 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960105135421.4448A-100000@izzy4> from "Steve Gibbard" at Jan 5, 96 02:12:33 pm
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> 
> I'm trying to build a new kernel on my FreeBSD 2.1.0 machine.  The config
> and the make depend worked fine, but the make failed with the following
> error message: 
> 
> loading kernel
> kern_sysctl.o: Undefined symbol `_hw_float' referenced from text segment
> *** Error code 1

One of these a week until npx0 is no longer optional, that's all I ask.

Anyone in charge of files.i386 and LINT and GENERIC getting the hint yet?


Uncomment this line in your config file to fix your problem:

> #device		npx0	at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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