FreeBSD 9.0 16kb Page Size

[Lowell Gilbert]

Anton Sayetsky <vsasjason at gmail.com> writes:

> 2016-03-19 14:45 GMT+02:00 Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de>:
>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:37:14 +0200, Anton Sayetsky wrote:
>>> 2016-03-19 14:27 GMT+02:00 Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de>:
>>> > On Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:11:17 +0000, Timothy Macintyre wrote:
>>> >> I'm trying to do some testing on FreeBSD 9.0 with the page size
>>> >> set to 16kb on amd64 but I'm having trouble building a stable kernel.
>>> >>
>>> >> I've changed the PAGE_SHIFT to 14 under param.h and also updated
>>> >> pmap.h/c with the following values so it doesn't complain about
>>> >> invalid struct sizes at compile but I'm getting a crash after
>>> >> install and reboot. Is there something I'm missing here?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> #define _NPCM 12
>>> >> #define _NPCPV 677
>>> >
>>> > You should probably repeat that experiment with a currently
>>> > supported code base. FreeBSD 9.0 is already EOL. The best
>>> > idea would be to use the FreeBSD 10.2 release (amd64) and
>>> > make the required changes.
>>> >
>>> > In case you have a valid reason not to use FreeBSD 10, but
>>> > instead need to keep FreeBSD 9, try the most current release,
>>> > which is FreeBSD 9.3. Remember: it's a legacy release, not a
>>> > production release.
>>> You're wrong. I've just checked official FreeBSD site:
>>> >LATEST RELEASES
>>> >Production: 10.2, 10.1, 9.3
>>
>> Hmmm... are we looking at different pages?
> Doh, it's true. According to main page, you're wrong. According to
> releases page, you're right. %)
> But in fact I agree that one should not use 9.x at all.

As far as I can see, the pages don't disagree, and you (Anton) and
Polytropon are also saying the same thing. 9.0 is past end-of-life, 9.3
is supported, 10.2 is recommended for new installs.