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 ver

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_CON

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 o

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 -R

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 s

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 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 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 , and config(8) is modified in a way, that lets you to use this file without additional trimming. Sounds like a very worth while addition,

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 >

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 sy

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

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

Re: Reverting to 6.2-RELEASE

2007-03-19 Thread Pete French
> I always use options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE for my kernel :-) Maybe we > should add it to DEFAULTS some day... never seen it before - if it does what it sounds like it does then it would be very useful! -pete. ___ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list

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

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 ma

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 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 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

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 th