Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:37:24 +0000 From: Bosko Milekic <bmilekic@technokratis.com> To: Stephane Raimbault <segr@hotmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1-R kernel panic Message-ID: <20030730163724.GA3630@technokratis.com> In-Reply-To: <Law10-OE17TIFprhMOg0000d230@hotmail.com> References: <bg8ok6$18la$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> <Law10-OE17TIFprhMOg0000d230@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 11:02:05AM -0600, Stephane Raimbault wrote: > Hi Bosko, > > Thank you for your suggestion. I am a little un-easy about upgrading my > system from -RELEASE to -CURRENT. Did you mean, simply upgrading the kernel > to -CURRENT, or the entire system? Due to potential sync issues between userland and kernel, if you're going to do this, it would probably be a good idea to rebuild everything. This is especially true if you're using something like the linuxulator, or whatever we call linux emulation these days. :-) > I'll think of a way I can continue this testing with you so that we can make > sure this problem is resolved. It might take me a couple days for me to > safeguard my data and come up with a backup plan for my system should > upgrading to -current blows up my system :) > > If it's just a question of upgrading the kernel, then I can probably > implement that sooner rather then later, so let me know if it's just the > kernel, or the entire /usr/src system you would like me to upgrade. Unfortunately, unless you're ready to do some rather complicated manual merging, I would recommend making sure that you have backups, then cvsupping to latest -current, doing cd /usr/src && make buildworld && make buildkernel && make installkernel && make installworld && mergemaster. Tread carefully, as always. Alternately, you can wait to see if the recent changes fix the same panic for other people who have been seeing it. Bonne chance. :-) > Thanks, > Stephane. -- Bosko Milekic * bmilekic@technokratis.com * bmilekic@FreeBSD.org TECHNOkRATIS Consulting Services * http://www.technokratis.com/
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