[ntp:questions] Building FreeBSD V8.0 kernel for PPS

G8KBV dave at g8kbv.removethis.demon.co.uk
Wed Apr 14 22:33:27 UTC 2010


In article <MPG.262f9241c42d4d019896be at news.btopenworld.com>, 
spam at goes.nowhere.com says...
> 
> In article <_didnRMzOqHxZlnWnZ2dnUVZ_q6dnZ2d at giganews.com>, rgilbert88
> @comcast.net says...
> > 
> > G8KBV wrote:
> > > In article <F49920CD-8C36-4B78-94F1-1D8D5C09243F at mac.com>, 
> > > cswiger at mac.com says...
> > >> On Apr 13, 2010, at 1:40 PM, G8KBV wrote:
> > >>> When I 'make buildkernel KENRCONF=PPSGENERIC'
> > >>>
> > >>> Nowt happens, except a short error message to the effect that it doesnt 
> > >>> know how to build the kernel.
> > >>>
> > >>> Err, what!????
> > >> That should be KERNCONF, not KENRCONF.  Of course, you should provide the exact error message, rather than an interpretation of it.
> > >>
> > >>> Anyone here know what went wrong, or do I go looking for a newbie 
> > >>> friendly f'bsd group (not found one of those yet.)
> > >> The canonical place is <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>, subscribe via Mailman using http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > > 
> > > Chuck:
> > > Typo on my part.  In the posting AFIK.
> > > 
> > > I tried it a few times, though not to say I didn't type it wrong each 
> > > time.   It's late now and that machine is currently off, so will have to 
> > > wait till much later, like late tomorrow.
> > > 
> > > I can't copy/paste from the FreeBSD machine to this one, and I have no 
> > > idea how to copy paste from the command line/terminal screen, to a 
> > > floppy (or anything else!) but the error was very short, but almost 
> > > literaly "dont know how to build PPSGENERIC"  No other details were 
> > > shown.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Michael:
> > > As to 'cd /usr/src' before issuing the make command, yes, of course I 
> > > did that, but you are right to to ask.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Nite nite.
> > > Dave B
> > 
> > The error message suggests, to me, that there is something wrong with 
> > your make file.  The other possibility is that you have misspelled the
> > name of the file.
> > 
> > Remember that the computer is absolutely literal; it will do, or attempt 
> > to do exactly what you told it to do.  This will not necessarily be what 

I might have some progress on this.  More news later.  It seems to be 
compiling now.

I missed something in the instructions, as you do, when it's late and 
the eyes are going.

Regards.

Dave B.




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