Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-19 Thread David Noel
> It's possible. But again, I've been using -j >1 for years on a variety > of processors, mostly Intel, without problems. That's with buildworld > and kernel (which is buildkernel plus installkernel), but not with > installworld. > > Are you using clang instead of gcc? That could be very differe

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-19 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 19 Jul 2013, David Noel wrote: Perhaps make buildkernel was compiled with -j >1, it's known to create a buggy kernel. Check your make configuration. Adding a -B, like make -B -j N buildkernel may work and is fast if -j is set to number or processors, but it's safer do a make -j 1 buildke

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-19 Thread David Noel
> Perhaps make buildkernel was compiled with -j >1, it's known to create a > buggy kernel. Check your make configuration. Adding a -B, like make -B -j N > buildkernel may work and is fast if -j is set to number or processors, but > it's safer do a make -j 1 buildkernel, same for buildworld. I repl

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013, at 14:37, David Noel wrote: > > If this is the case replacing the kernel should have no effect. But > what then? Any thoughts? I'd contact freebsd-fs@ and see what they have to say ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list htt

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread David Noel
On 7/11/13, Mark Felder wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 05:00:39 -0500, Eduardo Morras > wrote: > >> Perhaps make buildkernel was compiled with -j >1, it's known to create a >> >> buggy kernel. > > This is not true to my knowledge. If buildkernel produced bad kernels with > > -j>1 we'd not allow you

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread Warren Block
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013, Eduardo Morras wrote: On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 04:40:38 -0500 David Noel wrote: I didn't include the make buildworld or make buildkernel for the sake of brevity but yes, I executed them prior to installworld and installkernel. Perhaps make buildkernel was compiled with -j >1

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 05:00:39 -0500, Eduardo Morras wrote: Perhaps make buildkernel was compiled with -j >1, it's known to create a buggy kernel. This is not true to my knowledge. If buildkernel produced bad kernels with -j>1 we'd not allow you to do that without jumping through hoops. _

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread David Noel
Ah. That very well might be it. I did call buildkernel with j > 1. I'll boot an 8.4 memstick and replace the kernel. Thanks, -David On 7/11/13, Eduardo Morras wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 04:40:38 -0500 > David Noel wrote: >> >> I didn't include the make buildworld or make buildkernel for the

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread Eduardo Morras
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 04:40:38 -0500 David Noel wrote: > > I didn't include the make buildworld or make buildkernel for the sake > of brevity but yes, I executed them prior to installworld and > installkernel. Perhaps make buildkernel was compiled with -j >1, it's known to create a buggy kernel.

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread David Noel
On 7/11/13, Alexandre wrote: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:04 AM, David Noel > wrote: > >> I have 4 servers I'm upgrading from 8.3 to 8.4. Two of them went >> without a hitch, two of them blew up in my face. The only difference >> between the two is the ones that worked have a 2-disk ZFS mirror an

Re: [Bulk] FreeBSD upgrade woes (8.3 -> 8.4)

2013-07-11 Thread Alexandre
On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:04 AM, David Noel wrote: > I have 4 servers I'm upgrading from 8.3 to 8.4. Two of them went > without a hitch, two of them blew up in my face. The only difference > between the two is the ones that worked have a 2-disk ZFS mirror and > the ones that didn't have a 4-disk