Cant "make buildkernel" custom kernel

rtwingfield

rtwingfield

The current installed kernel (/boot/kernel) dates to DEC 31, 2001
(Yes, the OS is v10.1 . . .running 24/7 more or less since then . . .would upgrade but new server platform cannot speak to the Ethernet via the NIC.)

I have downloaded a fresh driver from Intel (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/do...igabit-Base-Driver-for-FreeBSD-?product=71307) but I cannot compile and load it because of conflict with the old kernel module(s). I am trying to compile a fresh kernel sans all NIC modules, after which I will add as required to /boot/loader.conf.

In addition to simply trying to execute from the symbolically linked file (pointer),
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ALPHAI3

make buildkernel KERNCONF=ALPHAI3

. . .I have also tried the actual non-linked path as follows - the syntax, straight out of the Handbook, fails:

cd /usr/src
make buildkernel KERNCONF=/root/kernels/ALPHAI3
ERROR: Missing kernel configuration files(s) (/root/kernels/ALPHAI3).

. . .also, I've hacked around and managed to compile GENERIC and was generated in
/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC.
. . .moving on with the hacking experiment, following the make installkernel command, the /boot/kernel and /boot/kernel.old were generated, but the installed /boot/kernel with today's March 10 date, is based on GENERIC. The KERNCONF=/root/kernels/ALPHAI3 command was interpreted as "could not find" error. The path to ALPHAI3 is simply ignored (not found).

make installkernel KERNCONF=/root/kernels/ALPHAI3
ERROR: No kernel “ALPHAI3" to install.

This is very frustrating. Am I overlooking something?
 
freebuser said:
can you check the alaphai3 file is there?
and post the contents tail -50 /usr/src..../ALPHAI3
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First, thanks for your interest in this puzzle!

Well, I can assure you that the file does exist . . .I created it by copying the
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC to /root/kernels/ALPHAI3, symbolically linked it to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/ALPHAI3, and then edited it. So far, it is identical to the GENERIC file sans the PCIe NIC module specs that I'm wanting to eliminate. Posting the tailend of the file wouldn't help solve anything. Problem is that the make buildkernel command processing program is not finding anything in the path (or following the path) to the file. Apparently something is "hosed" with the make buildkernel command (on my alpha system?). The file should be found if it had anything in it . . .like the lyrics to "Kumbaya" (for example); at least then a different build error rather than a file-not-found error would be issued.
 
the reason I asked for the tail end is to see whether it is linked properly. Sometimes you never know, so always best to eliminate all doubts.
 
freebuser said:
the reason I asked for the tail end is to see whether it is linked properly. Sometimes you never know, so always best to eliminate all doubts.
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Note: It doesn't necessarily need to be symbolically linked to another physical location . . .it's just a convenience (to protect the source code saved in a different location other than /user/src/sys/i386/conf/ALPHAI3). Actually I've tested both scenarios asking the make buildkernel KERNCONF=ALPHAI3 and the make buildkernel KERNCONF=/root/kernels/ALPHAI3 to look for both. The former references the symbolic link pointer, and the latter the actual physical object.

I've got two other servers, beta and gamma, running FreeBSD v10.3. I think tomorrow I'll try the module and kernel build on beta. It'll be a bit of a hassle because I don't have a working ssh login or ftp access to alpha (because it can't access the network). I'll have to mount a USB stick, etc., copy and move components back and forth . . .just to see what will and will not work.
 
My first guess would be that the system is actually AMD64, not i386. So the kernel config should be in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/.
 
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