On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 11:59 -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > : > :On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 10:37 -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :> :1. get help debugging the old kernel > :> :2. rebuild 1.2.0-RELEASE so I get a non-stripped kernel > :> :3. try to upgrade to Preview and hope it works > :> : > :> :If I do 2 or 3, can I just rename the ".old" kernel and modules to > :> :".working" so the HEAD kernel doesn't get copied over it, or would that > :> :break something? > :> : > :> :-- > :> :Jake Maciejewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > :> > :> You have to build and install the RELEASE world then build and > :> install the release kernel. As long as you didn't recompile any > :> third party programs or ports while running HEAD, that should work. > : > :I didn't install world from HEAD, so I should be fine. Rather than > :rebuilding RELEASE, I'll try PREVIEW. > : > :> If this is a production machine you should generally be running > :> the RELEASE. > : > :It's just for personal use, and was bored so I figured I'd update. I > :didn't realize I was trying to install HEAD until I booted the new > :kernel and it said DEVELOPMENT. > : > :It looks like Joerg fixed the bug I hit in HEAD, and with his tip about > :loading the vinum module manually, everything is working like before. > > Yes. If you are just playing around then I would go with HEAD, > because when we finish the dirent work we are going to slip previiew > anyway so it is going to amount to the same work.
I tried preview because I had already started compiling it. Preview made it to where it launches the second CPU and hung. Head, however, seems to work fine. > Note that we are in a transition phase on HEAD right now. The > stat structure has changed and the dirent structure is about to > change, which means that a full rebuild/install of everything, > including ports/packages and such, is going to be required once > the dirent change goes in. > > I am hoping this will be the last user-visible ABI change for > a long time. I still want to do a compat layer, but that is > something only libc will have to know about. > > -Matt -- Jake Maciejewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
