Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-08 Thread Norman Khine
great, i managed to compile and install the custom kernel with IPFW kernel support as discussed, thanks for your help! i would like to optimise the kernel to be more specific to my hardware, here is a breakdown of what i have: https://gist.github.com/nkhine/fcbcbe36221dc39491f9 here is what is

Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Polytropon
rver from OVH and have updated freebsd to 9.1 and > > want > > > to enable IPFW in the kernel as this is not enabled. > > > > Why not use the module for this? For many years now, you > > do not need a custom kernel if you want to use IPFW (which > > _had_ to be

Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Norman Khine
is not enabled. > > Why not use the module for this? For many years now, you > do not need a custom kernel if you want to use IPFW (which > _had_ to be compiled into the kernel in the past). Use > > # kldload ipfw.ko > is it good idea to run this like this, would i ha

Re: custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 8 Jun 2013 00:37:02 +0200, Norman Khine wrote: > hello, > i have a dedicated server from OVH and have updated freebsd to 9.1 and want > to enable IPFW in the kernel as this is not enabled. Why not use the module for this? For many years now, you do not need a custom kernel if yo

custom kernel installation

2013-06-07 Thread Norman Khine
hello, i have a dedicated server from OVH and have updated freebsd to 9.1 and want to enable IPFW in the kernel as this is not enabled. the way i updated the system was to copy /boot/kernel.old to /boot/GENERIC then followed ch25 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freeb

Re: Keeping FreeBSD with custom kernel up to date: freebsd-update no option?

2013-04-21 Thread andreas scherrer
how does freebsd-update what I want to follow (see above)? I don't want to, so this is an academic question... And something else is bugging me: Is there a way I can contact "someone" (Tom Rhodes?) about the outdated freebsd-update documentation (concerning the custom kernel handling

Re: Keeping FreeBSD with custom kernel up to date: freebsd-update no option?

2013-04-17 Thread Polytropon
to get rid of > this. Can I just copy (read: move) back my previous /usr/src directory > and continue to use freebsd-update? You should not switch between both methods, it may cause problems. The simplest way would be to # mv /usr/src /usr/src.svn and let freebsd-update populate the sour

Re: Keeping FreeBSD with custom kernel up to date: freebsd-update no option?

2013-04-17 Thread andreas scherrer
I want to "track" RELEASE (not a >> development branch) and I want to receive security related updates. And >> I want to run a custom kernel. > > Without actually havint tested it, it seems that if you want > to use freebsd-update (binary updating), you should note thi

Re: Keeping FreeBSD with custom kernel up to date: freebsd-update no option?

2013-04-17 Thread Alexandre
kernel. Furthermore, this tool syncs sources (by default). So if you are using custom kernel, you just have to rebuild and install your custom kernel. It is recommended to not use SVN to update your system sources if you are using freebsd-update tool to avoid troubles. Regards, Alexandre On Tue, Apr

Re: Keeping FreeBSD with custom kernel up to date: freebsd-update no option?

2013-04-16 Thread Polytropon
I want to receive security related updates. And > I want to run a custom kernel. Without actually havint tested it, it seems that if you want to use freebsd-update (binary updating), you should note this: In /etc/freebsd-update.conf, you should have the line for what to update as "Components s

Keeping FreeBSD with custom kernel up to date: freebsd-update no option?

2013-04-16 Thread andreas scherrer
Dear FreeBSD savvies I am (still) struggling to understand how to keep my FreeBSD system up to date ("world"/system, not ports). I want to "track" RELEASE (not a development branch) and I want to receive security related updates. And I want to run a custom kernel. >F

Re: Issue with building custom kernel

2013-03-14 Thread Andre Goree
On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:43:40 -0400, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 13 Mar 2013, at 22:26, "Andre Goree" wrote: I seem to be having trouble building my custom kernel. I've removed several things that I believe were unnecessary, and added Linux support, but I don't think

Re: Issue with building custom kernel

2013-03-13 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 13 Mar 2013, at 22:26, "Andre Goree" wrote: > I seem to be having trouble building my custom kernel. I've removed several > things that I believe were unnecessary, and added Linux support, but I don't > think I'm missing anything that is very important.

Issue with building custom kernel

2013-03-13 Thread Andre Goree
I seem to be having trouble building my custom kernel. I've removed several things that I believe were unnecessary, and added Linux support, but I don't think I'm missing anything that is very important. Here is the last few lines of the build: ===> zlib (all) /usr/lo

Re: building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX"

2013-02-14 Thread John Baldwin
On Saturday, February 09, 2013 10:01:25 pm ill...@gmail.com wrote: > On 9 February 2013 20:26, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > > > I removed COMPAT_LINUX, and only left > > > > options COMPAT_43 > > options COMPAT_LINUX32 > > > > From /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/NOTES (9.1-RELEASE): > > # Enable Li

Re: building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX"

2013-02-09 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 9 February 2013 20:26, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > I removed COMPAT_LINUX, and only left > > options COMPAT_43 > options COMPAT_LINUX32 > >From /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/NOTES (9.1-RELEASE): # Enable Linux ABI emulation #XXX#optionsCOMPAT_LINUX # Enable 32-bit Linux ABI emulation (requi

Re: building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX"

2013-02-09 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
From free...@edvax.de Sun Feb 10 00:42:11 2013 On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:31:44 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > From free...@edvax.de Sun Feb 10 00:29:36 2013 > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:18:06 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > This is

Re: building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX"

2013-02-09 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:31:44 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > From free...@edvax.de Sun Feb 10 00:29:36 2013 > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:18:06 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > This is on amd64 r246552 > > > > I added > > > > options COMPAT_43 > >

Re: building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX"

2013-02-09 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
From free...@edvax.de Sun Feb 10 00:29:36 2013 On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:18:06 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > This is on amd64 r246552 > > I added > > options COMPAT_43 > options COMPAT_LINUX > options COMPAT_LINUX32

Re: building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX"

2013-02-09 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:18:06 GMT, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > This is on amd64 r246552 > > I added > > options COMPAT_43 > options COMPAT_LINUX > options COMPAT_LINUX32 > > to the kernel config, > following sys/amd64/conf/NOTES > > On buildkernel I get: > > unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX" > > W

building custom kernel on -current: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX"

2013-02-09 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
This is on amd64 r246552 I added options COMPAT_43 options COMPAT_LINUX options COMPAT_LINUX32 to the kernel config, following sys/amd64/conf/NOTES On buildkernel I get: unknown option "COMPAT_LINUX" What am I missing? Thanks Anton ___ freebsd-que

Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom kernel.

2012-09-11 Thread Robert Bonomi
Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Robert Bonomi > wrote: > > > > > Enviorment is FreeBSD 8.3, i386 > > > > I'm currently running a stipped-down custom kernal with all superfluous > > devices/options removed. > > > > I'm trying to add the 'ndis' device back in, but whe

Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom kernel.

2012-09-10 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > Enviorment is FreeBSD 8.3, i386 > > I'm currently running a stipped-down custom kernal with all superfluous > devices/options removed. > > I'm trying to add the 'ndis' device back in, but when I follow the > directions > on the ndis(4) man

Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom kernel.

2012-09-10 Thread Robert Bonomi
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:32:30 -0400 > Subject: Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom > kernel. > From: Gardner Bell > > On 10 September 2012 15:23, Robert Bonomi > wrote: > > > > Enviorment is FreeBSD 8.3, i386 &

trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom kernel.

2012-09-10 Thread Robert Bonomi
Enviorment is FreeBSD 8.3, i386 I'm currently running a stipped-down custom kernal with all superfluous devices/options removed. I'm trying to add the 'ndis' device back in, but when I follow the directions on the ndis(4) manpage, and add: options NDISAPI device ndis and try to re-com

Re: freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel

2012-08-20 Thread Denis
> If you're building your own customised kernel, why don't you just build the > entire system from source? I've not used freebsd-update yet and probably > won't. Is it just a matter of time, i.e. waiting for the compilation to > finish? Actually I built this system from source. And now use free

Re: freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel

2012-08-20 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
== Denis wrote on Mon 20.Aug'12 at 16:41:56 +0400 == > > Then why not follow my suggestion of _letting_ freebsd-update > > update the kernel, but _use_ a different one instead which it > > won't touch? In /boot/loader.conf: > > > > kernel="mykernel" > > bootfile="/boot/mykernel/ker

Re: freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel

2012-08-20 Thread Denis
> Then why not follow my suggestion of _letting_ freebsd-update > update the kernel, but _use_ a different one instead which it > won't touch? In /boot/loader.conf: > > kernel="mykernel" > bootfile="/boot/mykernel/kernel" > > Now freebsd-update can happily alter the default kernel w

Re: freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel

2012-08-20 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:37:40 +0400, Denis wrote: > Hi Alexandre, > > > Have you rebuilt your custom kernel after ? > > This is described in the Handbook in the section 25.2.2 > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.htm

Re: freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel

2012-08-20 Thread Denis
Hi Alexandre, > Have you rebuilt your custom kernel after ? > This is described in the Handbook in the section 25.2.2 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html Yes, I rebuilt my custom kernel after. But this doesn't help - ev

Re: freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel

2012-08-20 Thread Alexandre
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Denis wrote: > Hi, > > I have FreeBSD 9.0 (p4) with custom kernel. > > "uname -i" says it: > HOMEWIFI90 > > However, when I run "freebsd-update fetch" command it would like to > update my kernel as well: > >

freebsd-update fetch trying to update custom kernel

2012-08-20 Thread Denis
Hi, I have FreeBSD 9.0 (p4) with custom kernel. "uname -i" says it: HOMEWIFI90 However, when I run "freebsd-update fetch" command it would like to update my kernel as well: freebsd-update fetch Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found. Fetching metada

Re: How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-13 Thread Michael Sierchio
t; > > That is what I thought it would do, based on the docs. However, when I > recently ran freebsd-update on a FreeBSD 9.0 machine with a module-less > custom kernel at /boot/kernel/kernel, it fetched a GENERIC kernel and > overwrote the custom kernel with it. Interestingly, it didn'

Re: How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-13 Thread Brett Glass
At 12:59 PM 8/13/2012, Polytropon wrote: I've never seen a system having a /boot/GENERIC directory containing the GENERIC kernel. It does not come that way. The Handbook recommends that one manuall copy the original kernel from the distribution into /boot/GENERIC before building a c

Re: How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-13 Thread Brett Glass
eebsd-update on a FreeBSD 9.0 machine with a module-less custom kernel at /boot/kernel/kernel, it fetched a GENERIC kernel and overwrote the custom kernel with it. Interestingly, it didn't bring in any modules; it just overwrote the one file. --B

Re: How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-13 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:35:12 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 05:24 AM 8/13/2012, Polytropon wrote: > > >That seems to be the default behaviour, as freebsd-update is > >not supposed to be used with a custom kernel. It works with > >GENERIC kernels (because it upd

Re: How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-13 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Brett Glass wrote: > Actually, freebsd-update is claimed to respect custom kernels. ... And it does, in my experience. If the hash of the kernel doesn't match that of the distribution (or recent update), freebsd-update leaves it alone. __

Re: How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-13 Thread Brett Glass
At 05:24 AM 8/13/2012, Polytropon wrote: That seems to be the default behaviour, as freebsd-update is not supposed to be used with a custom kernel. It works with GENERIC kernels (because it updates them by overwriting). Actually, freebsd-update is claimed to respect custom kernels. See the

Re: How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-13 Thread Polytropon
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:50:43 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > Everyone: > > Just ran freebsd-update (fetch, then install) on a system on which > I run a customized kernel, and discovered that it has overwritten > my custom kernel... even though I'd copied the original to &g

How to keep freebsd-update from trashing custom kernel?

2012-08-12 Thread Brett Glass
Everyone: Just ran freebsd-update (fetch, then install) on a system on which I run a customized kernel, and discovered that it has overwritten my custom kernel... even though I'd copied the original to /boot/GENERIC when I first installed the system. I was under the impression that cre

Re: freebsd-update Not Recognizing Updated Custom Kernel for 9.0-RELEASE-p3

2012-06-12 Thread Ryan Frederick
pdate checks using > freebsd-update cron or freebsd-update fetch indicate that > /boot/kernel/kernel (and only /boot/kernel/kernel) needs to be updated > despite the custom kernel indicating 9.0-RELEASE-p3 in the output of > uname -a. > > Ryan ___

Re: freebsd-update Not Recognizing Updated Custom Kernel for 9.0-RELEASE-p3

2012-06-12 Thread Julian H. Stacey
g, > and rebooting with the custom kernels subsequent update checks using > freebsd-update cron or freebsd-update fetch indicate that > /boot/kernel/kernel (and only /boot/kernel/kernel) needs to be updated > despite the custom kernel indicating 9.0-RELEASE-p3 in the output of >

freebsd-update Not Recognizing Updated Custom Kernel for 9.0-RELEASE-p3

2012-06-12 Thread Ryan Frederick
cron or freebsd-update fetch indicate that /boot/kernel/kernel (and only /boot/kernel/kernel) needs to be updated despite the custom kernel indicating 9.0-RELEASE-p3 in the output of uname -a. Ryan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Custom Kernel Target Ignored

2012-02-26 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 26 Feb 2012, at 15:37, Carolyn Longfoot wrote: > >>> >> make buildkernel KERNCONF=AsusAMD620 >> >> is what I do. >> >> Erich > > ARGHHH... KERNCONF not KERNELCONF... scuse my blindness... > Pro tip, put it in your /etc/make.conf like so: KERNCONF=WHATEVERYOUSAID Then cd /usr/src && m

Re: Custom Kernel Target Ignored

2012-02-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Sunday 26 February 2012 21:37:32 Carolyn Longfoot wrote: > > > > > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=AsusAMD620 > > > > is what I do. > > > > Erich > > ARGHHH... KERNCONF not KERNELCONF... scuse my blindness... > this is what we are for. The simples

RE: Custom Kernel Target Ignored

2012-02-26 Thread Carolyn Longfoot
> > > make buildkernel KERNCONF=AsusAMD620 > > is what I do. > > Erich ARGHHH... KERNCONF not KERNELCONF... scuse my blindness... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mail

Re: Custom Kernel Target Ignored

2012-02-26 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, On Sunday 26 February 2012 15:10:16 Carolyn Longfoot wrote: > > When I start > cd /usr/src > make buildkernel KERNELCONF=MYKERNEL > > then the process start and gives > -- > >>> Kernel build for GENERIC started on Sat Feb 25 10:59:2

Re: Custom Kernel Target Ignored

2012-02-26 Thread Da Rock
On 02/26/12 18:10, Carolyn Longfoot wrote: When I start cd /usr/src make buildkernel KERNELCONF=MYKERNEL then the process start and gives -- Kernel build for GENERIC started on Sat Feb 25 10:59:25 EST 2012 ---

Custom Kernel Target Ignored

2012-02-26 Thread Carolyn Longfoot
When I start cd /usr/src make buildkernel KERNELCONF=MYKERNEL then the process start and gives -- >>> Kernel build for GENERIC started on Sat Feb 25 10:59:25 EST 2012 -- Even t

Re: make release custom kernel conf not found

2012-01-31 Thread Rick Miller
linking to >> it and it certainly did compile the custom kernel. >> >> What confuses me (not that I expect you to have the answer) is that >> Chapter 9 of the handbook has a tip that recommends keeping the kernel >> config in /root/kernels and symlinking to it from the s

Re: make release custom kernel conf not found

2012-01-31 Thread Rob Farmer
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Rick Miller wrote: > Thanks Rob... > > I put the kernel conf file in the source tree as opposed to linking to > it and it certainly did compile the custom kernel. > > What confuses me (not that I expect you to have the answer) is that > Chap

Re: make release custom kernel conf not found

2012-01-30 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Rick Miller writes: > Thanks Rob... > > I put the kernel conf file in the source tree as opposed to linking to > it and it certainly did compile the custom kernel. > > What confuses me (not that I expect you to have the answer) is that > Chapter 9 of the handbook has

Re: make release custom kernel conf not found

2012-01-30 Thread Rick Miller
Thanks Rob... I put the kernel conf file in the source tree as opposed to linking to it and it certainly did compile the custom kernel. What confuses me (not that I expect you to have the answer) is that Chapter 9 of the handbook has a tip that recommends keeping the kernel config in /root

Re: make release custom kernel conf not found

2012-01-29 Thread Bernt Hansson
2012-01-29 18:03, Rick Miller skrev: Hi All, I am performing a `make release` to build a new release with a custom kernel. The `make release` fails with the following error: cd /usr/src/release/..; make TARGET_ARCH=amd64 TARGET=amd64 KERNCONF=MYKERNEL kernel DESTDIR=/R/stage/kernels KODIR

Re: make release custom kernel conf not found

2012-01-29 Thread Rob Farmer
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Rick Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I am performing a `make release` to build a new release with a custom > kernel.  The `make release` fails with the following error: > > cd /usr/src/release/..;  make TARGET_ARCH=amd64 TARGET=amd64 > KER

make release custom kernel conf not found

2012-01-29 Thread Rick Miller
Hi All, I am performing a `make release` to build a new release with a custom kernel. The `make release` fails with the following error: cd /usr/src/release/..; make TARGET_ARCH=amd64 TARGET=amd64 KERNCONF=MYKERNEL kernel DESTDIR=/R/stage/kernels KODIR=/MYKERNEL ERROR: Missing kernel

Re: 9.0-STABLE custom kernel interrupt storm irq10

2012-01-07 Thread Bas Smeelen
On Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:17:01 +0100 Bas Smeelen wrote: > Hi all, > > After updating the sources to 9.0-STABLE and building a custom kernel > I get a interrupt storm on irq10, from messages I get that different > devices use irq10. It starts after loading ums0 and wlan0 and ath0 &

9.0-STABLE custom kernel interrupt storm irq10

2012-01-07 Thread Bas Smeelen
Hi all, After updating the sources to 9.0-STABLE and building a custom kernel I get a interrupt storm on irq10, from messages I get that different devices use irq10. It starts after loading ums0 and wlan0 and ath0 times out then. Rebuilding the GENERIC kernel en booting does not give this

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread masayoshi
Sorry,all. I will email same message. I am not familiar with this webmail. Thank you very much for the understandable explanations. I appreciate it very much. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/free

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread masayoshi
--- Inexperienced FreeBSD user: Level 1 pow 1, spd 1, vit 1,int 1,luck 1 --- On Fri, 4/11/11, Alexandre wrote: > From: Alexandre > Subject: Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel) > To: "Jason Helfman" , "Michael Sierchio" > , "masayoshi" > Cc: fre

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Jason Helfman
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:42:12AM -0700, Michael Sierchio thus spake: This is simply not the case. freebsd-update works on the basis of cryptographic hashes on the binaries. It is, after all, a binary update program. If it detects a custom kernel, it will not update the kernel, but updates

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Alexandre
> > > I beg to differ. If you run a kernel called CUSTOM, it won't work. And if > you run a custom kernel called GENERIC, the moment you upgrade, you custom > kernel is no longer custom. > > All of this aside, I would be interested in hearing how you are able to > avo

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Sierchio
This is simply not the case. freebsd-update works on the basis of cryptographic hashes on the binaries. It is, after all, a binary update program. If it detects a custom kernel, it will not update the kernel, but updates userland programs. It doesn't *care* what your kernel config name i

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Jason Helfman
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 09:19:29AM -0700, Michael Sierchio thus spake: On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Jason Helfman wrote: I does work fine with a custom kernel, as long as you are running and maintaining the actual update server that distributes. I don't think that's relevant.

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Jason Helfman
On Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 08:49:16AM -0700, masayoshi thus spake: I would like to know about freebsd-update command. It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom kernel. First question is the following : su - #freebsd-update fetch #freebsd-update install Does this

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Jason Helfman wrote: > I does work fine with a custom kernel, as long as you are running and > maintaining the actual update server that distributes. I don't think that's relevant. It works fine with th

Re: freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread Michael Sierchio
It will work fine - it won't attempt to update the kernel. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:49 AM, masayoshi wrote: > I would like to know about freebsd-update command. > It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom > kernel. > First question is the fo

freebsd-update (custom kernel)

2011-11-03 Thread masayoshi
I would like to know about freebsd-update command. It is rumoured that freebsd-update command does not work well with custom kernel. First question is the following : > su - #freebsd-update fetch #freebsd-update install Does this command work well? The answer is . [A].Always work,

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010, Frank Shute wrote: If you're going to use a custom kernel, copy GENERIC, edit it and save it as your kernel conf. Then when you run into trouble with your custom kernel you can post a diff(1) between it and GENERIC. Then it's easy to see what you've enabled

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Frank Shute
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 05:11:58AM -0800, Rob wrote: > > > Hi, > > My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 > > I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the > > mountroot> > > error and prompt. > > Apparently som

Re: FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread perryh
Rob wrote: > My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 > I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the > mountroot> > error and prompt. One thing to try is entering ? there, to produce a list of recognized filesystems. Comparing that lis

FBSD 8: custom kernel config ends boot at "mountroot>". Plz. help!

2010-12-19 Thread Rob
Hi, My system boots fine with the GENERIC kernel on FreeBSD 8.0 I made a custom kernel, but the boot process then ends with the mountroot> error and prompt. Apparently something is wrong with my kernel config file. Can somebody check it below and tell me what is wrong with my kernel con

Custom Kernel -- Module exclusion by association

2010-09-03 Thread freebsd_user
My meaning in the 'subject' is: Currently we want to: 'options QUOTA' in the kernel. We do not want to compile any modules that we don't have to (effort to save time). If adding support for 'QUOTA' doesn't require any module rebuilding, how do we specify/exclude 'all' module building using 'WITH

Fw: qemu error mounting cd and no internet connection with custom kernel

2010-05-24 Thread Heshmat Ismail
--- On Sun, 5/23/10, Heshmat Ismail wrote: From: Heshmat Ismail Subject: qemu error mounting cd and no internet connection with custom kernel To: freebsd-emulat...@freebsd.org Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 8:35 PM Hi all, I have  built and installed a custom kernel on a freebsd 8.0-RELEASE

[solved] startx couldn't create cookie with custom kernel

2010-05-14 Thread Heshmat Ismail
Hi all, I enabled device random in my kernel configuration file , rebuilt and installed my kernel , now startx works flawlessly , thank you Alexander Best and thank you all. Heshmat Ismail ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http:

Re: startx couldn't create cookie with custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Alexander Best
you need to re-enable "device random". X needs it. -- Alexander Best ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: startx couldn't create cookie with custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On May 13, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Heshmat Ismail wrote: > -cpuI486_CPU > -cpuI586_CPU > +#cpu I486_CPU > +#cpu I586_CPU > cpuI686_CPU You don't really want to disable these. There are some kernel optimizations which are only enabled if I5

Fw: Re: startx couldn't create cookie with custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Heshmat Ismail
--- On Thu, 5/13/10, Heshmat Ismail wrote: From: Heshmat Ismail Subject: Re: startx couldn't create cookie with custom kernel To: "Yuri Pankov" Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 1:19 PM # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf # diff -u GENERIC MYKERNEL --- GENERIC 2009-11-09 23:48:01.

Re: 7.3-RELEASE: unable to compile custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Antonio Kless
That's right! Thanks a lot, now it builts well. 2010/5/13 Lowell Gilbert > Antonio Kless writes: > > > if_rum.o(.text+0x3868):/usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_rum.c:2324: undefined > > reference to `ieee80211_free_node' > > At a guess, you've got the rum device without wlan. > > -- > Lowell Gilbert, em

Re: 7.3-RELEASE: unable to compile custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Antonio Kless writes: > if_rum.o(.text+0x3868):/usr/src/sys/dev/usb/if_rum.c:2324: undefined > reference to `ieee80211_free_node' At a guess, you've got the rum device without wlan. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lo

Re: startx couldn't create cookie with custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Yuri Pankov
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 03:54:21AM -0700, Heshmat Ismail wrote: > I have built and installed a custom kernel on i386 machine with the > 8-RELEASE then installed xorg from the DVD,when i ran startx i got: > couldn't create cookie.When using GENERIC kernel startx works > flawl

startx couldn't create cookie with custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Heshmat Ismail
I have built and installed a custom kernel on i386 machine with the 8-RELEASE then installed xorg from the DVD,when i ran startx i got: couldn't create cookie.When using GENERIC kernel startx works flawlessly,but with my custom kernel i got this error. Heshmat I

Re: 7.3-RELEASE: unable to compile custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Antonio Kless
# make buildkernel KERNCONF=ALTERKERN <...snip...> MAKE=make sh /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh ALTERKERN cc -c -O2 -frename-registers -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -std=c99 -g -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual -Wund

Re: 7.3-RELEASE: unable to compile custom kernel

2010-05-13 Thread Jiansong Liu
Try to compile it again without the -j option, will help to figure out where is going wrong exactly. Cheers, Jiansong On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Antonio Kless wrote: > Hello. I trying to build custom kernel to enable packet-filter. > > # uname -a > FreeBSD host.net 7.3-REL

7.3-RELEASE: unable to compile custom kernel

2010-05-12 Thread Antonio Kless
Hello. I trying to build custom kernel to enable packet-filter. # uname -a FreeBSD host.net 7.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE #0: Sun Mar 21 05:25:24 UTC 2010 r...@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 # export declare -x BLOCKSIZE="K" declare -x FTP_PASSIVE

Re: Problem with Custom Kernel

2010-05-11 Thread Tim Judd
On 5/11/10, Heshmat Ismail wrote: > Dear Sir, > My name is Heshmat Ismail.The output of uname-a is:- > FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #12: Tue May 11 11:05:22 UTC > 2010 heshmat@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL i386 > After I have built and installed my custom kerne

Problem with Custom Kernel

2010-05-11 Thread Heshmat Ismail
Dear Sir, My name is Heshmat Ismail.The output of uname-a is:- FreeBSD  8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #12: Tue May 11 11:05:22 UTC 2010 heshmat@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL  i386 After I have built and installed my custom kernel  (MYKERNEL),i installed xorg and ran the command startx but

Custom kernel & atheros

2010-04-09 Thread harvey dent
hi everybody I try to make a custom kernel (for a "emachines" notebook), but i always get this same error or a similar (dependent of choosing ath_hal or for example ath_rf2425): *ar2425.o(.text+0x582): In function `ar2425RfAttach': /usr/src/sys/dev/ath/ath_hal/ar5212/ar2425.c

Re: Custom Kernel to Memory Stick

2010-03-30 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:49:08 -0500, Jay Hall wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > I have been asked to explore the possibility of booting FreeBSD from a > memory stick. This was not a problem; worked great when installed from > the distribution CD. > > What would be the best way to get our custom

Re: Custom Kernel to Memory Stick

2010-03-30 Thread Jay Hall
On Mar 29, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Aiza wrote: This is the procedure you want to follow. http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11680 And for greater detail http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11715 Thanks for the links. I will give them a try. Jay ___

Re: Custom Kernel to Memory Stick

2010-03-29 Thread Aiza
Jay Hall wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been asked to explore the possibility of booting FreeBSD from a memory stick. This was not a problem; worked great when installed from the distribution CD. What would be the best way to get our custom configuration onto the memory stick? Thi

Re: Custom Kernel to Memory Stick

2010-03-29 Thread Jay Hall
On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Jay Hall wrote: What would be the best way to get our custom configuration onto the memory stick? OK, I managed t get our custom configuration on to the memory stick using dump. After getting everything configured, what I thought was correctly, I am able

Re: Custom Kernel to Memory Stick

2010-03-29 Thread Jay Hall
On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Jay Hall wrote: What would be the best way to get our custom configuration onto the memory stick? Ladies and Gentlemen, This is what I have done, but now I cannot mount the memory stick. I create an image of the s1a partition where the kernel I want to copy

Custom Kernel to Memory Stick

2010-03-29 Thread Jay Hall
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been asked to explore the possibility of booting FreeBSD from a memory stick. This was not a problem; worked great when installed from the distribution CD. What would be the best way to get our custom configuration onto the memory stick? Thanks, Jay

Re: custom kernel

2010-02-14 Thread Erik Norgaard
ly deleted. Anyway, if the problem is that sysinstall overwrites your previously installed custom kernel in /boot/kernel, there's the option of installing your kernel in say /boot/mykernel and then in loader.conf set kernel=mykernel. BR, Erik -- Erik Nørgaard Ph: +34.66633481

Re: custom kernel

2010-02-14 Thread b. f.
Derek Funk wrote: >On 2/13/2010 5:31 AM, Erik Norgaard wrote: >> On 13/02/10 04:08, Derek Funk wrote: >>> I am trying to find how to install a custom kernel at installation. I >>> have found an option in sysinstall to select a kernel. How do I add my >>> o

Re: custom kernel

2010-02-13 Thread Derek Funk
On 2/13/2010 5:31 AM, Erik Norgaard wrote: On 13/02/10 04:08, Derek Funk wrote: I am trying to find how to install a custom kernel at installation. I have found an option in sysinstall to select a kernel. How do I add my own to the options so I can select it? I think the standard procedure is

Re: custom kernel

2010-02-13 Thread Erik Norgaard
On 13/02/10 04:08, Derek Funk wrote: I am trying to find how to install a custom kernel at installation. I have found an option in sysinstall to select a kernel. How do I add my own to the options so I can select it? I think the standard procedure is to install the generic kernel at

custom kernel

2010-02-12 Thread Derek Funk
I am trying to find how to install a custom kernel at installation. I have found an option in sysinstall to select a kernel. How do I add my own to the options so I can select it? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: question about building a custom kernel

2009-12-19 Thread Robert Huff
ill...@gmail.com writes: > You aren't going to gain much in speed or size savings, so > do take care to understand what you hope to gain. While I haven't done even an eyeball check recently, not too long ago the size savings for an aggressively pruned kernel could be quite noticable; t

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