kgzip(1) is broken

[Xin Li]

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On 01/15/13 13:27, dteske at freebsd.org wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been sad of-late because kgzip(1) no longer produces a
> usable kernel.
> 
> All versions of 9.x suffer this.
> 
> And somewhere between 8.3-RELEASE-p1 and 8.3-RELEASE-p5 this
> recently broke in the 8.x series.
> 
> I haven't tried the 7 series lately, but if whatever is making the
> rounds gets MFC'd that far back, I expect the problem to percolate
> there too.
> 
> The symptom is that the machine reboots immediately and
> unexpectedly the moment the kernel is executed by the loader.
> 
> This is quite troubling and I am looking for someone to help find
> the culprit. I don't know where to start looking.

I think this is i386 only?  Also, are you trying to avoid loader(8)?

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>    https://www.delphij.net/
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