Re: compiling amd64-kernel fails (w/o cgd)

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

Known issue, riastradh@ should be fixing soon.

As a workaround, add ``select chacha'' to yhe end of your kernel config.


On Tue, 28 Jul 2020, Kurt Schreiner wrote:

> Hi,
>
> after cvs-updating -current an hour or so ago, compiling a new
> (custonized) kernel fails like so:
>
>
> making sure the kern library is up to date...
> `libkern.o' is up to date.
>     create  vers.c
>    compile  vNBx64/vers.o
>       link  vNBx64/netbsd
> /u/NetBSD/arch/amd64/TOOLS/bin/x86_64--netbsd-ld: identcpu.o: in function `cpu_probe':
> /u/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/x86/x86/identcpu.c:1024: undefined reference to `chacha_sse2_impl'
> /u/NetBSD/arch/amd64/TOOLS/bin/x86_64--netbsd-ld: /u/NetBSD/src/sys/arch/x86/x86/identcpu.c:1024: undefined reference to `chacha_md_init'
> --- netbsd ---
> *** [netbsd] Error code 1
>
> nbmake: stopped in /u/NetBSD/arch/amd64/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/vNBx64
> 1 error
>
>
>
> If I add "pseudo-device        cgd" to my configuration,
> compiling a new kernel works fine again.
>
>
> Is there a technical reason for chacha & co depending on cgd?
> And is it documented somewhere? ;-)
>
>
> Kurt
>
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