On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 14:18, Jason Garrett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 14:12, Tim Judd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/6/10, Jason Garrett <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 13:51, Tim Judd <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> On 3/6/10, Jason Garrett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hello all, >> >> > >> >> > I am currently tracking RELENG_8_0. I did a csup last night and >> noticed >> >> that >> >> > debug is still enabled in the GENERIC kernel. I thought debugging was >> >> > supposed to be left out once the 8 branch went RELEASE? Can anyone >> shed >> >> > light on this subject? >> >> >> >> What makes you think debugging is still on? >> >> >> > >> > >From /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC >> > >> > makeoptions DEBUG=-g # Build kernel with gdb(1) debug >> > symbols >> > options PREEMPTION # Enable kernel thread >> preemption >> > >> > why are these still in GENERIC after release? >> >> I can confirm debug symbols is still in the kernel, but that is most >> likely used for backtraces and debugging when a kernel panic happens. >> This is instead of asking the user who had a kernel panic to rebuild >> with debugging to debug it. >> >> PREEMPTION as I understand it should have been removed from the kernel >> config file. It should have been removed from the GENERIC config file >> after RELENG_8_0_RELEASE tag is made. I don't know what your tag is >> when you update. Perhaps you're copying or using a config file from >> the BETA or RC days? >> >> >> I'll help until I can't help no more with your issue. >> > Tim, > > Thanks for the quick responses. I downloaded 8.0 RELEASE iso disc 1 from > ftp yesterday and did a fresh install, I then used csup to catch RELENG_8_0 > made world, built and installed kernel then installed world without > problems. > > > sun# uname -ar > FreeBSD sun.blah.blah 8.0-RELEASE-p2 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p2 #0: Sat Mar 6 > 10:24:07 UTC 2010 [email protected]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > i386 > > This is totally a fresh system installed from .iso yesterday. > > If I can provide more info, please tell me. > > >> >> --Tim >> > > Anyone else? I don't mind commenting this stuff out of my own kernel, but maybe a PR is needed here? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
