Re: building kernel with pentium-m

"[LoN]Kamikaze" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I remember that someone reported problems with building a kernel and the
> CPUTYPE?=pentium-m
> in /etc/make.conf
> 
> The mail listed a detailed bug report where which code has to be fixed.
> Anyway I did the same thing and yesterday and my kernel wouldn't boot as
> well. Anyway after some trial and error I recognized the problem was not
> /boot/kernel/kernel, but /boot/loader.
> So I just replaced /boot/loader with /boot/loader.old and can now run my
> ~ pentium-m kernel.
> 
> This is what I do when I build a kernel now:
> I set
> CPUTYPE?=p3
> in /etc/make.conf
> 
> # cd /usr/src
> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> # cp /boot/loader /boot/loader.p3
> 
> Now I set
> CPUTYPE?=pentium-m
> in /etc/make.conf
> 
> # cd /usr/src
> # make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> # make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL
> # mv /boot/loader /boot/loader.pentium-m
> # cp /boot/loader.p3 /boot/loader
> 
> Done.
> 
> I know it's a bit dirty to build the whole kernel twice, but it doesn't
> take that long, so it won't kill anyone.

Just for the record: I use CPUTYPE?=pentium-m in /etc/make.conf
without any problems. OS is FreeBSD 5.4STABLE on a ThinkPad R51.

Do you use recent sources? 

Fabian
-- 
http://www.fabiankeil.de/

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