custom kernel

Fri Dec 5 17:10:24 PST 2008

I'm somewhat perturbed and feeling like somebody is laughing at me or at
all of us.
It used to be fairly easy to install FBSD, but now it seems to be an 
incredibly complicated task. I have installed and reinstalled a
number of distributions from FBSD 4 or earlier up to the present 7.0.
It used to be sysctl would install the minimal system and then I would
add the necessary programs and build a custom kernel. It was time 
consuming but hardly problematic.
Now, I am trying to build another fresh install of v.7.0 and guess
what, I am doing it on an identical motherboard with the the same
peripherals as another box with the only differences being a cpu of 3ghz
on the older box and 2.4 on the new one (both Pentium 4) and slightly
different HDDs.
I did exactly the same on all installations but now, as previously and
according to the Handbook, make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL stops with
errors.
I tried the conf MYKERNEL opption and all it did was point me to the 
compile directory and said not to forget to do make cleandepend && make 
depend. A little strange, that, never had that happen before... but, ok, 
did it. then ran make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL and, surprise ! same 
shit.
Now, let me mention that I had previously installed 7.0 on the problem 
computer with no problem then decided I did not need it and got rid of 
it, that is, cleaned the disk and used it to store files.I now 
reconfigured the computer and set it up with 4 disks - 2 80Gb configured 
as Raid1 (mirror) and bootable. Works fine when FBSD installed. Other 
disks not configured or used yet. I installed the minimal system, did 
portsnap extract, installed bash and cvsup-without-gui, set up the 
ports-supfile and the standard-supfile; did cvsup -g -L 2 
standard-supfile and retrived the source files, all of them.I then 
edited :MYKERNEL and started the make buildkernel process. 
wait...wait...wait..
terminates with
linking kernel
uvscom.o (.text+0x293): In function 'uvscom_attach' ;
:undefined reference to 'ucom_attach' etc.....
*** Error code 1

did I do something wrong? system is still on and functioning but how do 
I make the custom kernel?

this is my kernel file:

# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.474.2.7 2008/04/10 22:09:22 
rwatson Exp $

cpu		I686_CPU
ident		MYKERNEL

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

#makeoptions	DEBUG=-g		# Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols

options 	SCHED_4BSD		# 4BSD scheduler
options 	PREEMPTION		# Enable kernel thread preemption
options 	INET			# InterNETworking
#options 	INET6			# IPv6 communications protocols
options 	SCTP			# Stream Control Transmission Protocol
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 	UFS_GJOURNAL		# Enable gjournal-based UFS journaling
options 	MD_ROOT			# MD is a potential root device
#options 	NFSCLIENT		# Network Filesystem Client
#options 	NFSSERVER		# Network Filesystem Server
#options 	NFSLOCKD		# Network Lock Manager
#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_PART_GPT		# GUID Partition Tables.
#options 	GEOM_LABEL		# Provides labelization
options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
#options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
#options 	STACK			# stack(9) 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 	ADAPTIVE_GIANT		# Giant mutex is adaptive.
options 	STOP_NMI		# Stop CPUS using NMI instead of IPI
#options 	AUDIT			# Security event auditing

# To make an SMP kernel, the next two lines are needed
options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
device		apic			# I/O APIC

# CPU frequency control
device		cpufreq

# Bus support.
#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
#options 	AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
device		ahd		# AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
#options 	AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT	# Print register bitfields in debug
					# output.  Adds ~215k to driver.
#device		amd		# AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
#device		hptiop		# Highpoint RocketRaid 3xxx series
#device		isp		# Qlogic family
#device 	ispfw		# Firmware for QLogic HBAs- normally a module
#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		arcmsr		# Areca SATA II RAID
#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		hptrr		# Highpoint RocketRAID 17xx, 22xx, 23xx, 25xx
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		mfi		# LSI MegaRAID SAS
#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		kbdmux		# keyboard multiplexer

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

device		agp		# support several AGP chipsets

# 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
device		uart		# Generic UART driver

# 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 sio, uart 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		le		# AMD Am7900 LANCE and Am79C9xx PCnet
#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		bce		# Broadcom BCM5706/BCM5708 Gigabit Ethernet
#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		msk		# Marvell/SysKonnect Yukon II Gigabit Ethernet
#device		nfe		# nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet
#device		nge		# NatSemi DP83820 gigabit Ethernet
#device		nve		# nVidia nForce MCP on-board Ethernet Networking
#device		pcn		# AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 (precedence over 'le')
#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		stge		# Sundance/Tamarack TC9021 gigabit Ethernet
#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		sn		# SMC's 9000 series of Ethernet chips
#device		xe		# Xircom pccard Ethernet

# Wireless NIC cards
#device		wlan		# 802.11 support
#device		wlan_wep	# 802.11 WEP support
#device		wlan_ccmp	# 802.11 CCMP support
#device		wlan_tkip	# 802.11 TKIP support
#device		wlan_amrr	# AMRR transmit rate control algorithm
#device		wlan_scan_ap	# 802.11 AP mode scanning
#device		wlan_scan_sta	# 802.11 STA mode scanning
#device		an		# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs.
#device		ath		# Atheros pci/cardbus NIC's
#device		ath_hal		# Atheros HAL (Hardware Access Layer)
#device		ath_rate_sample	# SampleRate tx rate control for ath
#device		awi		# BayStack 660 and others
#device		ral		# Ralink Technology RT2500 wireless NICs.
#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		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)
device		firmware	# firmware assist module

# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
# Note that 'bpf' is required for DHCP.
device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device		uhci		# UHCI PCI->USB interface
device		ohci		# OHCI PCI->USB interface
device		ehci		# EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0)
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		ural		# Ralink Technology RT2500USB wireless NICs
#device		rum		# Ralink Technology RT2501USB wireless NICs
#device		urio		# Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
#device		uscanner	# Scanners
# USB Serial devices
#device		ucom		# Generic com ttys
#device		uark		# Technologies ARK3116 based serial adapters
#device		ubsa		# Belkin F5U103 and compatible serial adapters
#device		ubser		# BWCT console serial adapters
#device		uftdi		# For FTDI usb serial adapters
#device		uipaq		# Some WinCE based devices
#device		uplcom		# Prolific PL-2303 serial adapters
#device		uslcom		# SI Labs CP2101/CP2102 serial adapters
#device		uvisor		# Visor and Palm devices
device		uvscom		# USB serial support for DDI pocket's PHS
# USB Ethernet, requires miibus
#device		aue		# ADMtek USB Ethernet
#device		axe		# ASIX Electronics USB Ethernet
#device		cdce		# Generic USB over 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!)
device		fwip		# IP over FireWire (RFC 2734,3146)
#device		dcons		# Dumb console driver
#device		dcons_crom	# Configuration ROM for dcons

# Sound
device		sound
device		snd_ich