Andy Hilker wrote: >> Somehow freebsd-update find /boot/kernel/kernel on some servers and >> patches it and on others not. > > Additional info: > it seems that all machines where it does not work, have an SMP-GENERIC > (i386) installed.
There's a bug in how FreeBSD Update handles /boot/kernel. Basically, it's supposed to figure out if you're running a GENERIC or SMP kernel, and get the appropriate updates based on that; but I incorrectly assumed that the SMP kernel would identify itself as "SMP". Instead, the i386 SMP kernel identifies itself as "SMP-GENERIC", while the amd64 SMP kernel identifies itself as "GENERIC", with the result that (a) On FreeBSD 6.2 i386 systems running an SMP kernel from /boot/kernel, the kernel will not be updated, and (b) On FreeBSD 6.2 amd64 systems running an SMP kernel from /boot/kernel, the kernel will be replaced with a GENERIC (non-SMP) kernel. I'm working on a patch for this and will be talking to re@ about having an Errata Notice sent out about this. Colin Percival _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
