Kernel with PAE does not build

[Trevor S. Cornpropst]

On Tuesday 23 November 2004 06:00 am, Axel S. Gruner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we have in our IBM x345 Server 4GB of RAM. So we need the option PAE in
> our kernel.
> But a buildkernel gave me:
>
> /usr/src/sys/dev/amd/amd.c: In function `amd_action':
> /usr/src/sys/dev/amd/amd.c:466: warning: cast from pointer to integer of
> different size
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SFBACKUP.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in /usr/src.
>
> What could be the problem?
> FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE.
>
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If you only have 4GB of RAM you should not need PAE.

Make sure you have "makeoptions NO_MODULES=yes" in your kernel config file.
Read /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/PAE
Read "man pae"

HTH,

Trevor