cvs commit: src/sys/conf kern.post.mk kmod.mk

[Scott Long]

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, M. Warner Losh wrote:

> In message: <200311141635.hAEGZqiT031464 at green.bikeshed.org>
>             "Brian F. Feldman" <green at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : "M. Warner Losh" <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:
> : > In message: <200311141604.hAEG4BCg041862 at repoman.freebsd.org>
> : >             Brian Feldman <green at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : > :   Include opt_global.h in the modules build, when building from a normal
> : > :   kernel build.  This makes it possible for me not to get pissed off that
> : > :   random.ko crashes the system trying to rdtsc() when the i386/cpu.h
> : > :   support code decides it's okay to call that op when neither I386_CPU or
> : > :   I486_CPU is defined.  I guess it also makes WITNESS/INVARIANTS defines
> : > :   get picked up by the modules.
> : >
> : > I've been polishing similar things that I'd hoped to get into this
> : > release.  I'll try to finish them up today.  You should really talk to
> : > people before doing these things.
> :
> : I know that you have been working on that, and I'm very happy to see that.
> : If this makes things difficult of course there's no reason not to remove it
> : other than being an interim solution for crashes people might see now.  If I
> : didn't know you were working on the smarter module build, I would have just
> : gone through all the headers and tried to remove all the "harmful" uses of
> : constants defined by opt_global.h (which I feel is very much not a
> : "solution", but either way... getting rid of the problem is important, and I
> : don't think that the importance is particularly diminished just because the
> : bugs have existed for a while, IMHO).
>
> This actually is a good part of the 'first step' that I've been
> wanting to get done.  It just suprised me, that's all, to see it
> committed the day we're trying to freeze for 5.2.
>
> Warner
>
>

5.2 code freeze does not happen until Monday.

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.2R/schedule.html

I've announced the schedule on a regular basis for the last 2+ weeks.

Scott