> On Dec 10, 2013, at 2:02, Remco <re...@d-compu.dyndns.org> wrote: > > On Monday 09 December 2013 21:07:45 you wrote: >>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 11:40, Remco <re...@d-compu.dyndns.org> wrote: >>> >>> jordon wrote: >>>> Every time I have installed the arm7 port on my BBB, fetched latest, and >>>> built, I end up with a device with no network connectivity. Any input >>>> on how to build this would be most welcome. An updated snapshot would >>>> be welcome as well! >>>> >>>> Jordon >>> >>> You may be running into this: >>> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html#20131031 >>> >>> 2013/10/31 - new routing message version >>> To convert the route expire time to 64 bit, it was necessary to change >>> the routing message structure. Make sure that you boot a new kernel >>> before replacing the user land programs. >>> A small compatibility layer allows to configure addresses with old >>> ifconfig and new kernel. Old route get also works in this setup. Old >>> dhclient with new kernel assigns the address but hangs. Make sure to >>> reboot your machine sucessfully during transition. >>> >>> >>> I'm experiencing the dhclient hang, after DHCPACK, since I didn't update >>> userland (yet). Cancelling (^C) it during boot and statically configuring >>> the network interface seems to work though. >> >> I don't think that's it. After building and installing kernel and userland >> from latest source, and rebooting, there is no longer a network device in >> ifconfig. The Ethernet device is gone. >> >> I could try it again this evening, or at least start - it takes a couple >> days to build the userland. You're saying reboot after installing new >> kernel but before building new userland? > > Are you aware that you need to prepare a kernel image with mkuboot (and > potentially objcopy as a first step) and copy it to your i partition ? How to > do this was posted on the list a while back.
I was not aware of this. I just went by the standard build instructions on the FAQ. I will look into this. Thanks!
