On Sep 3, 2011, at 2:02 AM, Adrian Chadd <adr...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 3 September 2011 12:35, Eitan Adler <li...@eitanadler.com> wrote: > >> The best way to do this is to find a known working version of the >> kernel and then "bisect" the version from the known bad and known good >> versions until you arrive at the breaking commit. It is easier if you >> look at the svn log to see which commits might matter. Yes this takes >> a while, but is the surest way to find the regression. > > You shouldn't have to try many kernels. 130,000 revisions, only a max > of 18 attempts needed. :) > > No, you don't need a whole buildworld. Just try booting the kernel and > see when it attaches.
There's a reason I haven't upgraded this system in over a year. It takes a long time to update the src tree and a long time to build a kernel. I miss the 2.x/3.x days where you could build world on system like this in about an hour or so. -- DE_______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
