issues: FreeBSD 7 on HP Proliant ML110 G5

Wed Nov 19 03:41:04 PST 2008

Hi, recently my local HP had a promotion and I\\\'ve gotten myself a
Proliant ML110 G5 cheap. I wanted to run my 1st fulltime server and
thought of running FreeBSD 7 on it.

I have fairly a bit of experience. Setup a NetBSD web server for a few
months and played with FreeBSD based distros - pfSense and DesktopBSD.
Most of the stuff I do is installing and playing with applications.
Never touch the harder stuff like shell scripting and building a
custom kernel.

The installation of FreeBSD 7 went ok on the ML110. However the in
built gigabit ethernet card wasn\\\'t detected successfully and the
system would lock up when restarting or shutting down.

I found a thread where a user with the same hardware experiencing the
same problem: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2008-March/084595.html
. They were able to solve the ethernet card detection issue. I needed
to fix the ethernet issue 1st and deal with the restart issue later. I
tried to apply the patch mentioned here:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/119779

I assume I just add the additional lines to
/usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c and /usr/src/sys/dev/bge/if_bgereg.h
then build the kernel.

Following the instructions from the FreeBSD handbook I ran \\\'make
buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC\' The build halted with a \\\'Error code
1\\\' after a while.

I\\\'ve looked around but didn\\\'t find anyone posting an exact same
error as I experience. I found that most kernel build failures are due
to including unneeded options or excluding needed options. In my case
I used the GENERIC kernel configuration and I\\\'ve tried building the
kernel with if_bge.c and if_bgereg.h reverted to their original states
and still getting an error.

Finally I reinstall FreeBSD 7 and building the kernel with GENERIC on
a fresh install. However I still getting an error when building.

Bellow is part of the build output when the build failed. Please help
me understand my issue. Thanks.

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>>> stage 3.1: making dependencies
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cd /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC; MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj
MACHINE_ARCH=i386  MACHINE=i386  CPUTYPE=
GROFF_BIN_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin
GROFF_FONT_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/share/groff_font
GROFF_TMAC_PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/share/tmac
_SHLIBDIRPREFIX=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp  INSTALL=\\\"sh
/usr/src/tools/install.sh\\\"
PATH=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/legacy/usr/games:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/sbin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/bin:/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/games:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
make KERNEL=kernel depend -DNO_MODULES_OBJ
machine -> /usr/src/sys/i386/include
cc -c -O -pipe -std=c99 -g -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline
-Wcast-qual -Wundef -Wno-pointer-sign -fformat-extensions -nostdinc
-I. -I/usr/src/sys -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/altq
-I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ipfilter -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/pf
-I/usr/src/sys/dev/ath -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ngatm
-I/usr/src/sys/dev/twa -I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD
-I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD/support -I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs
-D_KERNEL -DHAVE_KERNEL_OPTION_HEADERS -include opt_global.h
-finline-limit=8000 --param inline-unit-growth=100 --param
large-function-growth=1000 -mno-align-long-strings
-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow -mno-sse -mno-sse2
-mno-sse3 -ffreestanding /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/genassym.c
NM=\\\'nm\\\' sh /usr/src/sys/kern/genassym.sh genassym.o > assym.s
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/vnode_if.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/vnode_if.src -p
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/vnode_if.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/vnode_if.src -q
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/vnode_if.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/vnode_if.src -h
./aicasm -nostdinc  -I. -I/usr/src/sys -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/altq
-I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ipfilter -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/pf
-I/usr/src/sys/dev/ath -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ngatm
-I/usr/src/sys/dev/twa -I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD
-I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD/support -I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs
-I/usr/src/sys/cam/scsi -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx -o aic7xxx_seq.h -r
aic7xxx_reg.h -p aic7xxx_reg_print.c -i
/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.h
/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.seq
./aicasm -nostdinc  -I. -I/usr/src/sys -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/altq
-I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ipfilter -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/pf
-I/usr/src/sys/dev/ath -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ngatm
-I/usr/src/sys/dev/twa -I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD
-I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD/support -I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs
-I/usr/src/sys/cam/scsi -I/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx -o aic79xx_seq.h -r
aic79xx_reg.h -p aic79xx_reg_print.c -i
/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.h
/usr/src/sys/dev/aic7xxx/aic79xx.seq
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/miidevs2h.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/mii/miidevs
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/pccarddevs2h.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pccard/pccarddevs
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/usbdevs2h.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/usbdevs2h.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs -d
rm -f opt_ah.h; cp
/usr/src/sys/contrib/dev/ath/public/i386-elf.opt_ah.h opt_ah.h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/vnode_if.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/vnode_if.src -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/ata/ata_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/eisa/eisa_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/mii/miibus_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/mmc/mmcbr_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/mmc/mmcbus_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pccard/card_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pccard/power_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pci/pci_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pci/pcib_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/ppbus/ppbus_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/uart/uart_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usb_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/geom/part/g_part_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/isa/isa_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/bus_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/cpufreq_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/device_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/linker_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/serdev_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/pci/agp_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_if.m -c
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/ata/ata_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/eisa/eisa_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/mii/miibus_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/mmc/mmcbr_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/mmc/mmcbus_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pccard/card_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pccard/power_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pci/pci_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/pci/pcib_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/ppbus/ppbus_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/uart/uart_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usb_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/geom/part/g_part_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/isa/isa_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/bus_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/cpufreq_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/device_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/linker_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/kern/serdev_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/pci/agp_if.m -h
awk -f /usr/src/sys/tools/makeobjops.awk /usr/src/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_if.m -h
rm -f .newdep
make -V CFILES -V SYSTEM_CFILES -V GEN_CFILES |  MKDEP_CPP=\\\"cc
-E\\\" CC=\\\"cc\\\" xargs mkdep -a -f .newdep -O -pipe  -std=c99 -g
-Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual  -Wundef
-Wno-pointer-sign -fformat-extensions -nostdinc  -I. -I/usr/src/sys
-I/usr/src/sys/contrib/altq -I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ipfilter
-I/usr/src/sys/contrib/pf -I/usr/src/sys/dev/ath
-I/usr/src/sys/contrib/ngatm -I/usr/src/sys/dev/twa
-I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD
-I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs/FreeBSD/support -I/usr/src/sys/gnu/fs/xfs
-D_KERNEL -DHAVE_KERNEL_OPTION_HEADERS -include opt_global.h
-fno-common -finline-limit=8000 --param inline-unit-growth=100 --param
large-function-growth=1000  -mno-align-long-strings
-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2  -mno-mmx -mno-3dnow -mno-sse -mno-sse2
-mno-sse3 -ffreestanding
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src.
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src.
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