PkgBase 14.2-RELEASE and FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso differ in some ways

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 19:40:32 UTC
This simplistic comparison is based on:

https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/base_release_2/
and:
http://ftp3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.2/FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz

More specifically, based on:

FreeBSD-kernel-generic-14.2.pkg
FreeBSD-kernel-generic-dbg-14.2.pkg
FreeBSD-src-sys-14.2.pkg
FreeBSD-src-14.2.pkg

and the FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso.xz content:

freebsd-dist/kernel.txz 
freebsd-dist/kernel-dbg.txz
freebsd-dist/src.txz

expanded into:

# ls -lodT 14.2R-kernel-*/*/*
drwxr-xr-x   2 root wheel uarch 877 Nov 29 02:02:22 2024 14.2R-kernel-freebsd-dist/boot/kernel
drwxr-xr-x   3 root wheel uarch   3 Nov 29 01:54:44 2024 14.2R-kernel-freebsd-dist/usr/lib
drwxr-xr-x  26 root wheel uarch  45 Nov 28 16:03:48 2024 14.2R-kernel-freebsd-dist/usr/src
drwxr-xr-x   2 root wheel uarch 877 Dec 14 09:41:18 2024 14.2R-kernel-pbase/boot/kernel
drwxr-xr-x   3 root wheel uarch   3 Dec 14 09:42:31 2024 14.2R-kernel-pbase/usr/lib
drwxr-xr-x  26 root wheel uarch  45 Dec 14 09:44:18 2024 14.2R-kernel-pbase/usr/src

# diff -rq 14.2R-kernel-*/boot/kernel/ | wc -l
     874
# diff -rqs 14.2R-kernel-*/boot/kernel/ | grep -v differ
Files 14.2R-kernel-freebsd-dist/boot/kernel/linker.hints and 14.2R-kernel-pbase/boot/kernel/linker.hints are identical

# diff -rq 14.2R-kernel-*/usr/src/ | wc -l
       0

# diff -rq 14.2R-kernel-*/usr/lib/ | wc -l
     872
# diff -rqs 14.2R-kernel-*/usr/lib/ | grep -v differ
#

# cmp -x 14.2R-kernel-*/boot/kernel/kernel | more
00000140 b4 f4
00000141 eb f9
00000148 b4 f4
00000149 eb f9
00000278 90 d0
00000279 04 12
00000280 90 d0
00000281 04 12
00000288 90 d0
00000289 04 12
0005c630 98 e8
0005c631 2b 39
0005cba0 d8 28
0005cba1 88 97
0005d098 e0 30
0005d099 0e 1d
0005d218 4c 9c
0005d219 44 52
0005d9f8 a0 f0
0005d9f9 2b 39
. . .
01bcca00 90 d0
01bcca01 04 12
01bcca08 90 d0
01bcca09 04 12
01bcca40 b4 f4
01bcca41 04 12
01bcca48 b4 f4
01bcca49 04 12
01bcca80 50 90
01bcca81 06 14
01bcca88 50 90
01bcca89 06 14

The following shows address ranges for kernel sections that do not match. The rest
of the kernel sections had address ranges that did match:

/usr/home/root/14.2R-kernel-freebsd-dist/boot/kernel/kernel', file type elf64-x86-64-freebsd.
. . .
	0xffffffff810f1b30 - 0xffffffff815121bc is .rodata
	0xffffffff815121c0 - 0xffffffff81517628 is set_sysctl_set
	0xffffffff81517628 - 0xffffffff8151aa50 is set_modmetadata_set
	0xffffffff8151aa50 - 0xffffffff8151aaa8 is set_cam_xpt_xport_set
	0xffffffff8151aaa8 - 0xffffffff8151aad0 is set_cam_xpt_proto_set
	0xffffffff8151aad0 - 0xffffffff8151ab18 is set_ah_chips
	0xffffffff8151ab18 - 0xffffffff8151ab68 is set_ah_rfs
	0xffffffff8151ab68 - 0xffffffff8151ab90 is set_kbddriver_set
	0xffffffff8151ab90 - 0xffffffff8151ac48 is set_sdt_providers_set
	0xffffffff8151ac48 - 0xffffffff8151bd90 is set_sdt_probes_set
	0xffffffff8151bd90 - 0xffffffff8151f180 is set_sdt_argtypes_set
	0xffffffff8151f180 - 0xffffffff8151f198 is set_scterm_set
	0xffffffff8151f198 - 0xffffffff8151f1c0 is set_cons_set
	0xffffffff8151f1c0 - 0xffffffff8151f1c8 is set_uart_acpi_class_and_device_set
	0xffffffff8151f1e0 - 0xffffffff8151f2a0 is usb_host_id
	0xffffffff8151f2a0 - 0xffffffff8151f2c0 is set_vt_drv_set
	0xffffffff8151f2c0 - 0xffffffff8151f2e8 is set_elf64_regset
	0xffffffff8151f2e8 - 0xffffffff8151f318 is set_elf32_regset
	0xffffffff8151f318 - 0xffffffff8151f328 is set_compressors
	0xffffffff8151f328 - 0xffffffff8151f330 is set_kdb_dbbe_set
	0xffffffff8151f330 - 0xffffffff8151f340 is set_ratectl_set
	0xffffffff8151f340 - 0xffffffff8151f358 is set_crypto_set
	0xffffffff8151f358 - 0xffffffff8151f370 is set_ieee80211_ioctl_getset
	0xffffffff8151f370 - 0xffffffff8151f388 is set_ieee80211_ioctl_setset
	0xffffffff8151f388 - 0xffffffff8151f3b0 is set_scanner_set
	0xffffffff8151f3b0 - 0xffffffff8151f3d0 is set_videodriver_set
	0xffffffff8151f3d0 - 0xffffffff8151f418 is set_scrndr_set
	0xffffffff8151f418 - 0xffffffff8151f460 is set_vga_set
	0xffffffff8151f460 - 0xffffffff8152048d is kern_conf
	0xffffffff81520490 - 0xffffffff815204b4 is .note.gnu.build-id
	0xffffffff815204b4 - 0xffffffff81520650 is .note.Xen
	0xffffffff81520650 - 0xffffffff815206e4 is .eh_frame
. . .

/usr/home/root/14.2R-kernel-pbase/boot/kernel/kernel', file type elf64-x86-64-freebsd.
. . .
	0xffffffff810f1b30 - 0xffffffff8151300c is .rodata
	0xffffffff81513010 - 0xffffffff81518478 is set_sysctl_set
	0xffffffff81518478 - 0xffffffff8151b8a0 is set_modmetadata_set
	0xffffffff8151b8a0 - 0xffffffff8151b8f8 is set_cam_xpt_xport_set
	0xffffffff8151b8f8 - 0xffffffff8151b920 is set_cam_xpt_proto_set
	0xffffffff8151b920 - 0xffffffff8151b968 is set_ah_chips
	0xffffffff8151b968 - 0xffffffff8151b9b8 is set_ah_rfs
	0xffffffff8151b9b8 - 0xffffffff8151b9e0 is set_kbddriver_set
	0xffffffff8151b9e0 - 0xffffffff8151ba98 is set_sdt_providers_set
	0xffffffff8151ba98 - 0xffffffff8151cbe0 is set_sdt_probes_set
	0xffffffff8151cbe0 - 0xffffffff8151ffd0 is set_sdt_argtypes_set
	0xffffffff8151ffd0 - 0xffffffff8151ffe8 is set_scterm_set
	0xffffffff8151ffe8 - 0xffffffff81520010 is set_cons_set
	0xffffffff81520010 - 0xffffffff81520018 is set_uart_acpi_class_and_device_set
	0xffffffff81520020 - 0xffffffff815200e0 is usb_host_id
	0xffffffff815200e0 - 0xffffffff81520100 is set_vt_drv_set
	0xffffffff81520100 - 0xffffffff81520128 is set_elf64_regset
	0xffffffff81520128 - 0xffffffff81520158 is set_elf32_regset
	0xffffffff81520158 - 0xffffffff81520168 is set_compressors
	0xffffffff81520168 - 0xffffffff81520170 is set_kdb_dbbe_set
	0xffffffff81520170 - 0xffffffff81520180 is set_ratectl_set
	0xffffffff81520180 - 0xffffffff81520198 is set_crypto_set
	0xffffffff81520198 - 0xffffffff815201b0 is set_ieee80211_ioctl_getset
	0xffffffff815201b0 - 0xffffffff815201c8 is set_ieee80211_ioctl_setset
	0xffffffff815201c8 - 0xffffffff815201f0 is set_scanner_set
	0xffffffff815201f0 - 0xffffffff81520210 is set_videodriver_set
	0xffffffff81520210 - 0xffffffff81520258 is set_scrndr_set
	0xffffffff81520258 - 0xffffffff815202a0 is set_vga_set
	0xffffffff815202a0 - 0xffffffff815212cd is kern_conf
	0xffffffff815212d0 - 0xffffffff815212f4 is .note.gnu.build-id
	0xffffffff815212f4 - 0xffffffff81521490 is .note.Xen
	0xffffffff81521490 - 0xffffffff81521524 is .eh_frame
. . .



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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com