Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:48:11 +0300, Michel Merinoff wrote: > > No, there's no way to make a pure binary driver that works on all > > systems, because symbols in the kernel will be at different locations > > depending on options it was compiled with. > Should this mean, that you have to recompile

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-02 Thread Michel Merinoff
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 31 October 2006 09:59, Daniel Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?': > >> I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drivers >> are binary, clo

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
sean wrote: > Daniel Iliev wrote: >> sean wrote: >>> Here is where things stand. >>> >>> On boot, dmesg showed the modules did not load. >> >> Did you replace the old "System.map" file with the new one? >> "cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map" >> or >> "/usr/src/linux/System.map /System.m

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread sean
Daniel Iliev wrote: sean wrote: Here is where things stand. On boot, dmesg showed the modules did not load. Did you replace the old "System.map" file with the new one? "cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map" or "/usr/src/linux/System.map /System.map" Well your recommendations did t

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread Pawel Kraszewski
Dnia środa, 1 listopada 2006 17:55, Florian D. napisał: > ok, sorry for being off-topic, but what is the default installation > target for 'make install'? /boot/vmlinuz? and is there a > backup-function, say, that my last /boot/vmlinuz gets automatically > moved to /boot/vmlinuz.old or something?

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread Jesús Guerrero
El Miércoles, 1 de Noviembre de 2006 17:55, Florian D. escribió: > Pawel Kraszewski wrote: > > So manual config, automatic install > > is my way. > > ok, sorry for being off-topic, but what is the default installation > target for 'make install'? /boot/vmlinuz? and is there a > backup-function, say

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread Florian D.
Pawel Kraszewski wrote: So manual config, automatic install is my way. ok, sorry for being off-topic, but what is the default installation target for 'make install'? /boot/vmlinuz? and is there a backup-function, say, that my last /boot/vmlinuz gets automatically moved to /boot/vmlinuz.old or

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread Pawel Kraszewski
Dnia środa, 1 listopada 2006 13:47, Daniel Iliev napisał: > Pawel, I didn't say something's wrong with "make install". > > *Nothing's wrong with "make install".* Please, why did you take this so personal? I didn't mean to criticize you by any means! > I just prefer to do it manually. Since I'm

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread Daniel Iliev
Pawel Kraszewski wrote: > Dnia wtorek, 31 października 2006 19:39, Daniel Iliev napisał: > > >> It seems correct to me. Now you have to install the kernel image. >> Now the kernel image is compiled and can be found in >> /usr/src/linux/arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage >> (replace x86_64 with your arch.

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-11-01 Thread Pawel Kraszewski
Dnia wtorek, 31 października 2006 19:39, Daniel Iliev napisał: > It seems correct to me. Now you have to install the kernel image. > Now the kernel image is compiled and can be found in > /usr/src/linux/arch/x86_64/boot/bzImage > (replace x86_64 with your arch. This is the gentoo-amd64 list, there

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
sean wrote: > Here is where things stand. > > On boot, dmesg showed the modules did not load. Did you replace the old "System.map" file with the new one? "cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map" or "/usr/src/linux/System.map /System.map" I think this will stop the warnings. > > Here is my

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread sean
Daniel Iliev wrote: Sean wrote: With the line the way it was ending, I thought that it was some sort of error. I do not recall seeing such a line in the past when I built the kernel for my system, which is an amd64 SMP box. I used the min install CD and followed the Gentoo docs using the manual

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
Sean wrote: > > With the line the way it was ending, I thought that it was some sort > of error. > I do not recall seeing such a line in the past when I built the kernel > for my system, which is an amd64 SMP box. > > I used the min install CD and followed the Gentoo docs using the > manual install

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Sean
Daniel Iliev wrote: Sean wrote: it always displays the line if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F System.map 2.6.16-gentoo-r9; fi then just a prompt display. It seems correct to me. Now you have to install the kernel image. Now the kernel image is compiled and can

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
Sean wrote: > > Well from your email and Mathieu it has helped a bit. I have tried to > rebuild the kernel several times and after the line > > INSTALL sound/soundcore.ko > > it always displays the line > if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F > System.map 2.6.16-gentoo-r

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
Sean wrote: > Daniel Iliev wrote: >> Sean wrote: >>> Since my gcc upgrade all my modules fail on boot with an error of >>> version magic '2.6.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-4.1' should be >>> '2.6.16.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-3.4' >>> >>> However when I try to start the rebuild of my kernel it stops just >>> afte

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Sean
Daniel Iliev wrote: Sean wrote: Since my gcc upgrade all my modules fail on boot with an error of version magic '2.6.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-4.1' should be '2.6.16.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-3.4' However when I try to start the rebuild of my kernel it stops just after starting with the line 'if [ -r Sy

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
Pawel Kraszewski wrote: > Dnia wtorek, 31 października 2006 16:59, Daniel Iliev napisał: > > >> My X is just fine. It is Mr. Sean who has hard time with the X. >> I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drivers >> are binary, closed source - they don't care about the gcc

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
Sean wrote: > > Since my gcc upgrade all my modules fail on boot with an error of > version magic '2.6.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-4.1' should be > '2.6.16.16-gentoo-r9 SMP gcc-3.4' > > However when I try to start the rebuild of my kernel it stops just > after starting with the line > > 'if [ -r System.ma

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Pawel Kraszewski
Dnia wtorek, 31 października 2006 16:59, Daniel Iliev napisał: > My X is just fine. It is Mr. Sean who has hard time with the X. > I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drivers > are binary, closed source - they don't care about the gcc used to > compile the kernel or th

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 09:59, Daniel Iliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?': > I think gcc version should not have impact on X because NVidia's drivers > are binary, closed source - they don't care about the gcc used

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
Piotr Pruszczak wrote: > Daniel Iliev napisał(a): >> Piotr Pruszczak wrote: >>> Sean napisał(a): I asked in another message due to an X problem I am now having, but I also thought this question deserved a post of its own. With my recent upgrade of gcc to 4, does the kernel need

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Mathieu Seigneurin
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 18:04, Sean wrote: > Pawel Kraszewski wrote: > > No. In this case you'd need new NVidia kernel driver each time kernel's > > version changes. > > > > During installation NVidia's kernel module (in compiler's meaning - .o > > file provided by NVidia) is linked against a fr

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Piotr Pruszczak
Daniel Iliev napisał(a): Piotr Pruszczak wrote: Sean napisał(a): I asked in another message due to an X problem I am now having, but I also thought this question deserved a post of its own. With my recent upgrade of gcc to 4, does the kernel need to be recompiled? YES !!! - Why !? modules

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Sean
Pawel Kraszewski wrote: No. In this case you'd need new NVidia kernel driver each time kernel's version changes. During installation NVidia's kernel module (in compiler's meaning - .o file provided by NVidia) is linked against a freshly compiled stub adopting it to running kernel and making

[gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Sean
I asked in another message due to an X problem I am now having, but I also thought this question deserved a post of its own. With my recent upgrade of gcc to 4, does the kernel need to be recompiled? When should a kernel be rebuilt? Thanks

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Daniel Iliev
Piotr Pruszczak wrote: > Sean napisał(a): >> I asked in another message due to an X problem I am now having, but I >> also thought this question deserved a post of its own. >> >> With my recent upgrade of gcc to 4, does the kernel need to be >> recompiled? > > YES !!! > - Why !? -- Best regards,

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Sebastian Redl
Sean wrote: > With my recent upgrade of gcc to 4, does the kernel need to be > recompiled? Not necessarily. I've been running a gcc3-compiled kernel for some weeks now with a gcc4-compiled system. (Can't seem to get around to upgrading the kernel.) However, external modules, if compiled with gcc4,

Re: [gentoo-amd64] kernel recompile?

2006-10-31 Thread Piotr Pruszczak
Sean napisał(a): I asked in another message due to an X problem I am now having, but I also thought this question deserved a post of its own. With my recent upgrade of gcc to 4, does the kernel need to be recompiled? YES !!! When should a kernel be rebuilt? each timeyou change GCC version