[Soekris] FreeBSD 8 kernel config for 4521?

[Ralph Smith]

On Thu, February 4, 2010 2:21 pm, Alexander wrote:
>
> ----- Message from ben at blahr.com ---------
>      Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:43:47 -0700
>      From: Ben Schumacher <ben at blahr.com>
>   Subject: Re: [Soekris] FreeBSD 8 kernel config for 4521?
>        To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
>
>
>> On 02/03/2010 12:42 PM, Ralph Smith wrote:
>>> On Wed, February 3, 2010 2:17 pm, Scott Newell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have a known good FreeBSD 8.0 kernel config for the
>>>> '4521?
>>>>
>>> Here's the one I use for the 4501:
>>> <http://ralphsmith.org/~ralph/soekris-ntp/NET4501>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ralph-
>>
>> This is FreeBSD8 on 4501? I've been meaning to do an upgrade on my box
>> (still on 6.2), but have been a little hesitant since I don't have the
>> extra hardware to test it.
>
> You should make sure you include
> options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD6		# Compatible with FreeBSD6
> options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD7		# Compatible with FreeBSD7
> or your userspace will not be functional.
> Also don't forget to upgrade /boot/device.hints. Some devices changed
> (i.e. serial -> uart)

This of course depends on what you are upgrading. If you do as I do and
rebuild the entire system (nanoBSD build), along with all packages and
ports, none of this is necessary.

Ralph