Custom Kernel

Sat Nov 27 23:27:11 PST 2004

I sent this message to Joshua back channel, and realized that I should 
have also sent it to the group.

Rem

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Thanks, Joshua. Here's the requested stuff, starting with the output of 
uname -a:

FreeBSD x1-6-00-0c-76-90-8a-cd.attbi.com 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE 
#0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 
root at harlow.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/REMKERNEL [23:06:53] >

Here is /etc/make.conf:

# -- use.perl generated deltas -- #
# Created: Mon Nov 22 08:21:43 2004
# Setting to use base perl from ports:
PERL_VER=5.8.5
PERL_VERSION=5.8.5
PERL_ARCH=mach
NOPERL=yo
NO_PERL=yo
NO_PERL_WRAPPER=yo

Next, the configuration file itself:

#
# GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386
#
# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on
# Kernel Configuration Files:
#
# 
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html 

#
# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
# latest information.
#
# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
# device lines is also present in the ../../conf/NOTES and NOTES files.
# If you are in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first
# in NOTES.
#
# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.413.2.6.2.2 2004/10/24 
18:02:52 scottl Exp $

machine i386
cpu I686_CPU
ident REMKERNEL

# To statically compile in device wiring instead of /boot/device.hints
#hints "GENERIC.hints" # Default places to look for devices.

options SCHED_4BSD # 4BSD scheduler
options INET # InterNETworking
options INET6 # IPv6 communications protocols
options FFS # Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options SOFTUPDATES # Enable FFS soft updates support
options UFS_ACL # Support for access control lists
options UFS_DIRHASH # Improve performance on big directories
options MD_ROOT # MD is a potential root device
#options NFSCLIENT # Network Filesystem Client
#options NFSSERVER # Network Filesystem Server
#options NFS_ROOT # NFS usable as /, requires NFSCLIENT
options MSDOSFS # MSDOS Filesystem
options CD9660 # ISO 9660 Filesystem
options PROCFS # Process filesystem (requires PSEUDOFS)
options PSEUDOFS # Pseudo-filesystem framework
options GEOM_GPT # GUID Partition Tables.
options COMPAT_43 # Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options COMPAT_FREEBSD4 # Compatible with FreeBSD4
options SCSI_DELAY=15000 # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options KTRACE # ktrace(1) support
options SYSVSHM # SYSV-style shared memory
options SYSVMSG # SYSV-style message queues
options SYSVSEM # SYSV-style semaphores
options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING # POSIX P1003_1B real-time extensions
options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev
options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
# output. Adds ~128k to driver.
options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
# output. Adds ~215k to driver.
options ADAPTIVE_GIANT # Giant mutex is adaptive.

device apic # I/O APIC

# Bus support. Do not remove isa, even if you have no isa slots
device isa
#device eisa
device pci

# Floppy drives
#device fdc

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device ata
device atadisk # ATA disk drives
device ataraid # ATA RAID drives
device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives
#device atapifd # ATAPI floppy drives
#device atapist # ATAPI tape drives
options ATA_STATIC_ID # Static device numbering

# SCSI Controllers
#device ahb # EISA AHA1742 family
#device ahc # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
#device ahd # AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
#device amd # AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
#device isp # Qlogic family
#device mpt # LSI-Logic MPT-Fusion
#device ncr # NCR/Symbios Logic
#device sym # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets + those of `ncr')
#device trm # Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315U adapters

#device adv # Advansys SCSI adapters
#device adw # Advansys wide SCSI adapters
#device aha # Adaptec 154x SCSI adapters
#device aic # Adaptec 15[012]x SCSI adapters, AIC-6[23]60.
#device bt # Buslogic/Mylex MultiMaster SCSI adapters

#device ncv # NCR 53C500
#device nsp # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3
#device stg # TMC 18C30/18C50

# SCSI peripherals
device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI)
#device ch # SCSI media changers
device da # Direct Access (disks)
#device sa # Sequential Access (tape etc)
#device cd # CD
#device pass # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)
#device ses # SCSI Environmental Services (and SAF-TE)

# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
#device amr # AMI MegaRAID
#device asr # DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID
#device ciss # Compaq Smart RAID 5*
#device dpt # DPT Smartcache III, IV - See NOTES for options
#device hptmv # Highpoint RocketRAID 182x
#device iir # Intel Integrated RAID
#device ips # IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID
#device mly # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
#device twa # 3ware 9000 series PATA/SATA RAID

# RAID controllers
#device aac # Adaptec FSA RAID
#device aacp # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
#device ida # Compaq Smart RAID
#device mlx # Mylex DAC960 family
#device pst # Promise Supertrak SX6000
#device twe # 3ware ATA RAID

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device atkbdc # AT keyboard controller
device atkbd # AT keyboard
device psm # PS/2 mouse

device vga # VGA video card driver

device splash # Splash screen and screen saver support

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device sc

# Enable this for the pcvt (VT220 compatible) console driver
#device vt
#options XSERVER # support for X server on a vt console
#options FAT_CURSOR # start with block cursor

device agp # support several AGP chipsets

# Floating point support - do not disable.
device npx

# Power management support (see NOTES for more options)
#device apm
# Add suspend/resume support for the i8254.
device pmtimer

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
# PCMCIA and cardbus bridge support
#device cbb # cardbus (yenta) bridge
#device pccard # PC Card (16-bit) bus
#device cardbus # CardBus (32-bit) bus

# Serial (COM) ports
device sio # 8250, 16[45]50 based serial ports

# Parallel port
device ppc
device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
device lpt # Printer
device plip # TCP/IP over parallel
device ppi # Parallel port interface device
#device vpo # Requires scbus and da

# If you've got a "dumb" serial or parallel PCI card that is
# supported by the puc(4) glue driver, uncomment the following
# line to enable it (connects to the sio and/or ppc drivers):
#device puc

# PCI Ethernet NICs.
#device de # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
#device em # Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card
#device ixgb # Intel PRO/10GbE Ethernet Card
#device txp # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
#device vx # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these 
NICs!
#device miibus # MII bus support
#device bfe # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
#device bge # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
#device dc # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
#device fxp # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
#device lge # Level 1 LXT1001 gigabit ethernet
#device nge # NatSemi DP83820 gigabit ethernet
#device pcn # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'lnc')
#device re # RealTek 8139C+/8169/8169S/8110S
#device rl # RealTek 8129/8139
#device sf # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
#device sis # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
#device sk # SysKonnect SK-984x & SK-982x gigabit Ethernet
#device ste # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
#device ti # Alteon Networks Tigon I/II gigabit Ethernet
#device tl # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
#device tx # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
#device vge # VIA VT612x gigabit ethernet
device vr # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
#device wb # Winbond W89C840F
#device xl # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')

# ISA Ethernet NICs. pccard NICs included.
device cs # Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0 NIC
# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
#device ed # NE[12]000, SMC Ultra, 3c503, DS8390 cards
#device ex # Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 and Pro/10+
#device ep # Etherlink III based cards
#device fe # Fujitsu MB8696x based cards
#device ie # EtherExpress 8/16, 3C507, StarLAN 10 etc.
#device lnc # NE2100, NE32-VL Lance Ethernet cards
#device sn # SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet chips
#device xe # Xircom pccard Ethernet

# ISA devices that use the old ISA shims
#device le

# Wireless NIC cards
#device wlan # 802.11 support
#device an # Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device awi # BayStack 660 and others
#device wi # WaveLAN/Intersil/Symbol 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device wl # Older non 802.11 Wavelan wireless NIC.

# Pseudo devices.
device loop # Network loopback
device mem # Memory and kernel memory devices
device io # I/O device
device random # Entropy device
device ether # Ethernet support
#device sl # Kernel SLIP
#device ppp # Kernel PPP
#device tun # Packet tunnel.
device pty # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device md # Memory "disks"
device gif # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
device faith # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
device bpf # Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface
device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface
device usb # USB Bus (required)
#device udbp # USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
device ugen # Generic
device uhid # "Human Interface Devices"
device ukbd # Keyboard
device ulpt # Printer
device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
device ums # Mouse
device urio # Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
device uscanner # Scanners
# USB Ethernet, requires mii
#device aue # ADMtek USB Ethernet
#device axe # ASIX Electronics USB Ethernet
#device cue # CATC USB Ethernet
#device kue # Kawasaki LSI USB Ethernet
#device rue # RealTek RTL8150 USB Ethernet

# FireWire support
device firewire # FireWire bus code
device sbp # SCSI over FireWire (Requires scbus and da)
device fwe # Ethernet over FireWire (non-standard!)

Finally, the error message:

/usr/src/sys/i386/conf [23:02:09] > config REMKERNEL
Kernel build directory is ../compile/REMKERNEL
Don't forget to do a ``make depend''
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf [23:02:21] > cd ../compile/REMKERNEL
/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/REMKERNEL [23:02:52] > make
cc -c -O -pipe -Wall -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs 
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith 
-Winline-Wcast-qual -fformat-extensions -std=c99 -nostdinc -I- -I. 
-I../../.. -I../../../contrib/dev/acpica -I../../../contrib/altq 
-I../../../contrib/ipfilter -I../../../contrib/pf 
-I../../../contrib/dev/ath -I../../../contrib/dev/ath/freebsd 
-I../../../contrib/ngatm -D_KERNEL -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 -ffreestanding -Werror 
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:105:23: miibus_if.h: No such file or directory
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:230: error: `miibus_readreg_desc' undeclared 
here (not in a function)
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:230: error: initializer element is not constant
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:230: error: (near initialization for 
`aue_methods[6].desc')
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:230: error: initializer element is not constant
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:230: error: (near initialization for 
`aue_methods[6]')
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:231: error: `miibus_writereg_desc' undeclared 
here (not in a function)
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:231: error: initializer element is not constant
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:231: error: (near initialization for 
`aue_methods[7].desc')
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:231: error: initializer element is not constant
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:231: error: (near initialization for 
`aue_methods[7]')
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:232: error: `miibus_statchg_desc' undeclared 
here (not in a function)
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:232: error: initializer element is not constant
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:232: error: (near initialization for 
`aue_methods[8].desc')
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:232: error: initializer element is not constant
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:232: error: (near initialization for 
`aue_methods[8]')
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:234: error: initializer element is not constant
../../../dev/usb/if_aue.c:234: error: (near initialization for 
`aue_methods[9]')
*** Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src/sys/i386/compile/REMKERNEL.
/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/REMKERNEL [23:02:56] >