[FreeBSD] Fix for ServerWorks HT1000 in upcoming 7.1?

[John Baldwin]

On Wednesday 08 October 2008 04:33:25 pm Fernan Aguero wrote:
> > On Wednesday 08 October 2008 06:15:15 am Fernan Aguero wrote:
> > > > Did anyone who can trigger the data corruption has tried John's patch
> > > > and let us know if it worked?
> > > 
> > > Not yet. My problem is that it's not that easy ... (at least
> > > for me, but maybe I'm missing something). 
> > > 
> > > The main issue for me is that I don't have a spare box
> > > running 7.x. All my FreeBSD boxes are running 6.x
> > > 
> > > I've tried to make a new 7.1-BETA bootable ISO from the
> > > patched sources (make release), but failed ... this is the
> > > first time I've ever attempted this, and it seems that you
> > > cannot do that from a 6.x box (I have a full CVS mirror of
> > > FreeBSD, and a fresh checkout of RELENG_7).
> 
> > You can just grab the existing iso, 
> 
> OK
> 
> > untar it into a directory, 
> 
> OK
> 
> > build your own GENERIC kernel and replace the
> > /boot/kernel/kernel in the iso tree, 
> 
> Will I be able to do this using a 7.x checkout on a 6.x box?

You can use 'make kernel-toolchain' followed by 'make buildkernel' on a 6.x 
box to build a 7.x kernel though.

-- 
John Baldwin