Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 07:45:13 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Raymond (Arden Computers)" <raymond@ardennet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem in building custom kernel Message-ID: <19970919074513.31715@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19970918142054.032f9484@mail.ardennet.com>; from Raymond (Arden Computers) on Thu, Sep 18, 1997 at 02:20:54PM -0700 References: <3.0.3.32.19970918142054.032f9484@mail.ardennet.com>
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On Thu, Sep 18, 1997 at 02:20:54PM -0700, Raymond (Arden Computers) wrote:
> At 12:13 PM 9/17/97 +0930, you wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 1997 at 06:54:59PM -0700, Arden Computers NetServices wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I keep having problems in building my KERNEL. I have followed the
>>> instruction on the HANDBOOK to build a customized KERNEL. It is running on
>>> an Intel Pentium 100 system with 32MB Ram. One IDE hard drive and one IDE
>>> CD-ROM. There are no EISA nor the SCSI system insides. I have attached my
>>> Kernel BEE2 in here. As for trouble shooting purpose, this Kernel is
>>> similar to GENERIC with only a few critical settings being modified.
>>>
>>> I have no problem doing the .../config BEE2 and .../make depend
>>> But when I run the make from /usr/src/compile/BEE2, it has the following
>>> errors:
>>> DFFS -DINET -KERNEL ../../kern/kern_clock.c
>>> ../../kern/kern_clock.c:937: malformatted character constant
>>> ../../kern/kern_clock.c:937: parse error before character constant
>>> ../../kern/kern_clock.c:86: warning: `initclocks' declared `static' but
>>> never defined
>>> *** Error code 1
>>
>> You don't say how you got the sources, or what version this is
>> supposed to be. I've just checked the source of
>> /sys/kern/kern_clock.c (the -current version, RCS ID $Id:
>> kern_clock.c,v 1.40 1997/09/07 05:25:43 bde Exp $) and find no
>> constants round there. I'd guess that you have a corrupted source
>> file. Take a look round line 937. You should see something like:
> ==========================================
> The FreeBSD I got is installed through FTP server at ftp.freebsd.com. I
> installed the FreeBSD last week. I have checked the kern_clock.c, the
> version is.....
>
> kern_clock.c,v 1.28.2.1 1997/02/04 21:03:43 jhay Exp $
>
> Then, I went to line 937, and I the source code I have was same as what you
> have.
>>
>>
>> if (CLKF_USERMODE(frame)) {
>> p = curproc;
>> if (p->p_flag & P_PROFIL)
>> addupc_intr(p, CLKF_PC(frame), 1);
>> if (--pscnt > 0)
>> return;
>> /*
>> * Came from user mode; CPU was in user state.
>> * If this process is being profiled record the tick.
>> */
>>
>> If not, let me see what it is. Let me also see the RCS ID (should be
>> at line 39).
>>
> ======================
> Do you think I should download and install the FreeBSD again?
No. Repeat after me:
REINSTALLING IS THE LAST POSSIBLE RESORT, AND SELDOM SOLVES THE
PROBLEM.
I know it's common in the Microsoft world, because people seldom have
any choice, but it's really not a good idea here.
> BTW, the current GENERIC kernel is running fine, I think may be I
> don't have to make a customized kernel. What do you think?
I don't know what you've changed, so it's difficult to say, but there
should be no problem in building a kernel.
Greg
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