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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5 Kernel Compile Problems
Date: 8 Oct 1996 02:10:20 GMT
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In article <53av76$sdf@tribune.usask.ca>,
	bwm260@skorpio3.usask.ca (Bradley W Mazurek) writes:
>                   First thing I noticed was a lot of warnings when
> compiling the kernel.

I get hardly any warnings.

> I try compiling a kernel, at the end it complains that hw_float from
> kern_sysctl.o is undeclared. (Forgive me if the name/error isn't quite
> right, that was last night, and I didn't write it down.)
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix the kernel compilation?

Did you re-"config" your kernel then make depend all ?  Doing this sort
of stuff will fool make into thinking it doesn't need to rewrite
some necessary object files.

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....