Kernel compilation failed in 5.3-RELEASE

[Robert Kot]

Hi Don,

>Hi Jarek,
>
> I noticed the original post was signed Robert, are there two people 
> working on this or is Jarek another name you go by? Just curious.

Sorry for the confusion, my coworker finished and sent the message
I started :)

> First Advice: don't make changes to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC. 
> Copy GENERIC to some other name and make the changes there.

That's obvious. I did it this way. 

> Second Advice: read /usr/src/UPDATING - you may already know this, 
> but... - start with the "COMMON ITEMS" section, found towards the 
> end. Then work your way backwards from the beginning. 
> Also, look at /usr/src/share/examples/etc/make.conf 
> or /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf

> Third Advice: there are too many other places to look for 
> information to list. Handbook, FAQ, Release Notes, Errata, 
> Installation Guide, Hardware Notes, Installation Notes, Migration 
> Guide, etc.

> Your first questions: Sure, it does, if you use it as is. You're 
> making changes and there are things you need to do in order for 
> those changes to work. 

> Second Question: recvsup should probably be re-cvsup, this supposes 
> that you did a cvsup of your sources to begin with and something 
> was wrong with it. So, do you have cvsup installed? Do you know how 
> to use it? Do you know about supfiles and what should be in one?

> I think you need to cvsup your sources and go through the full 
> buildworld sequence. I think you're trying to short cut and it's 
> biting you in the butt right now.

> Everyone was a beginner at some time. 

I will try to check if this file splash_bmp.c isn't corrupted.
John Murphy wrote he was able to build kernel with my
configuration, so it's probably some my local problem, perhaps 
indeed with file corruption ? If it fails, I will follow your advices.

Thanks a lot,
Robert