Re: attempted upgrade killed vinum

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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:On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 10:37 -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote:
:> :1. get help debugging the old kernel
:> :2. rebuild 1.2.0-RELEASE so I get a non-stripped kernel
:> :3. try to upgrade to Preview and hope it works
:> :
:> :If I do 2 or 3, can I just rename the ".old" kernel and modules to
:> :".working" so the HEAD kernel doesn't get copied over it, or would that
:> :break something?
:> :
:> :-- 
:> :Jake Maciejewski <maciejej@xxxxxxxx>
:> 
:>     You have to build and install the RELEASE world then build and
:>     install the release kernel.  As long as you didn't recompile any
:>     third party programs or ports while running HEAD, that should work.
:
:I didn't install world from HEAD, so I should be fine. Rather than
:rebuilding RELEASE, I'll try PREVIEW.
:
:>     If this is a production machine you should generally be running
:>     the RELEASE.
:
:It's just for personal use, and was bored so I figured I'd update. I
:didn't realize I was trying to install HEAD until I booted the new
:kernel and it said DEVELOPMENT.
:
:It looks like Joerg fixed the bug I hit in HEAD, and with his tip about
:loading the vinum module manually, everything is working like before.

    Yes.  If you are just playing around then I would go with HEAD,
    because when we finish the dirent work we are going to slip previiew
    anyway so it is going to amount to the same work.

    Note that we are in a transition phase on HEAD right now.  The 
    stat structure has changed and the dirent structure is about to
    change, which means that a full rebuild/install of everything,
    including ports/packages and such, is going to be required once
    the dirent change goes in.

    I am hoping this will be the last user-visible ABI change for
    a long time.  I still want to do a compat layer, but that is
    something only libc will have to know about.

					-Matt