Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-20 Thread Oliver Fromme
LI Xin wrote: I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we should add it to DEFAULTS some day... Yes, that would be very useful. But it should also take any includes into account. It was very annoying to discover that INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE gave me only two lines for

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-20 Thread LI Xin
Oliver Fromme wrote: LI Xin wrote: I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we should add it to DEFAULTS some day... Yes, that would be very useful. But it should also take any includes into account. It was very annoying to discover that INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-20 Thread Oliver Fromme
LI Xin wrote: Oliver Fromme wrote: LI Xin wrote: I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we should add it to DEFAULTS some day... Yes, that would be very useful. But it should also take any includes into account. It was very annoying to

Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Pete French
I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to verify that this is and track down what changed! I don't think it should ever be

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread LI Xin
Pete French wrote: I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to verify that this is and track down what changed! I don't

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Dominic Marks
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:31:54 + Pete French [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Pete French
I think you will want RELENG_6_2_0_RELEASE. thanks (and to the others who responded) What happens with RELENG_6_2, IIRC there was only very limited changes to kernel which should only affect IPv6... Indeed! Part of the reason I want to do the revert is to make absolutely sure that it runs

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread LI Xin
Pete French wrote: I think you will want RELENG_6_2_0_RELEASE. thanks (and to the others who responded) What happens with RELENG_6_2, IIRC there was only very limited changes to kernel which should only affect IPv6... Indeed! Part of the reason I want to do the revert is to make

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Steven Hartland
I think this is a very good idea, I've been caught at least once not being able to recreate a working kernel due to the loss of the original config file. Steve - Original Message - From: LI Xin [EMAIL PROTECTED] I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Wojciech A. Koszek
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 01:33:44PM -, Steven Hartland wrote: I think this is a very good idea, I've been caught at least once not being able to recreate a working kernel due to the loss of the original config file. Steve - Original Message - From: LI Xin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread LI Xin
Wojciech A. Koszek wrote: On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 01:33:44PM -, Steven Hartland wrote: I think this is a very good idea, I've been caught at least once not being able to recreate a working kernel due to the loss of the original config file. Steve - Original Message - From:

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Steven Hartland
- Original Message - From: Wojciech A. Koszek [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did some work in this area, as several system administrators I've met also seem to have problem with kernel configuration recovery. In my case I came with a method of obtaining a configuration of a running kernel via

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Wojciech A. Koszek
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 02:32:48PM -, Steven Hartland wrote: - Original Message - From: Wojciech A. Koszek [EMAIL PROTECTED] I did some work in this area, as several system administrators I've met also seem to have problem with kernel configuration recovery. In my case I came

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Steven Hartland
- Original Message - From: Wojciech A. Koszek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, it does. You get full configuration file from sysctl(8) or from config -k kernel, and config(8) is modified in a way, that lets you to use this file without additional trimming. Sounds like a very worth while

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Bruce A. Mah
If memory serves me right, Pete French wrote: I appear to have a machine which will not run RELENG_6_2, though it runs the released code quite happily. Is there a CVS tag I can use to revert the sources back to the way they were on RELEASE? I want to be able to verify that this is and track

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Vivek Khera
On Mar 19, 2007, at 9:24 AM, LI Xin wrote: I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we should add it to DEFAULTS some day... ew yucky What I do is keep my kernel configs in subversion. I have a common component which applies to all systems under my control,

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Wojciech A. Koszek
On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 10:23:53PM +0800, LI Xin wrote: Wojciech A. Koszek wrote: [..] I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we should add it to DEFAULTS some day... I did some work in this area, as several system administrators I've met also seem to have

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Pete French
regression that was introduced late in the 6.2 release cycle. I'm personally pretty skeptical that this could cause a problem, although I'm admittedly a little biased, plus there weren't a lot of details in your email as to what the problem is. Well, you are right - it wont run a stock