From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05B0B139083 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:50:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1A944E1110; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:50:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pg0-x236.google.com (mail-pg0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c05::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A5D25E1048 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:50:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pg0-x236.google.com with SMTP id k15so9997578pgr.7 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:50:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:references:to:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=e2uKqhQ1GXld1F/sGoi9NUUfbnzVA0O/m2Y3CHSYaxQ=; b=LUyCmiXSpI7Jayo9s9GaUVmUTP93MyF4wZ365GfaqOsUG1lVygY7L++Rr72L3q+wh8 f+HS6bfhMEvaE+lE9BWicTcv1mkb4THszDcjlzIy/OUQqfrxd8PgZur0Z9J1xOinc9Cm mmCNAhc99vEsT2q4pFIaBbu0hB1AEaQplA3GKruKayS5KolZuFY+g2sk+im9x/ujUf7D Ti7/TVO7PD+8eLGFOfcEwVizXzghHENh2WhpI3lKCFlm2haYh8M3PppQGQvwVK5ysvEQ nXXnygXNV+IGCRzbfbXwjRddYvwNqX3UPaDiAxV41gv7zyhSwwIwXGmaKQElqoxNVup0 96SA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:references:to:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=e2uKqhQ1GXld1F/sGoi9NUUfbnzVA0O/m2Y3CHSYaxQ=; b=emifhpULR+4re4gIxUoJ+OoaHiPK7+i+80un5AKJL5SzOdhUlaOVksoDIgbKP2LGNP QF4qoDVAnoy+wiWPY+TnPYZVXRWMoJNgxuJNMUn7Q3WtkdVLQ268N/I7Pc/t+7oayrh7 Kg/ceKNP5FUpIaEiIswRmLoERnefKm1NaWHJoaQ1PtKicWLxdR9YO3yhfT8OfBVkkkbU xL2skT1n3KYMMfJLPDUpS7Tgx6Nb772ftRvH8uqrG+NNULBpVLPWGkSHR2891lCSVkfS tsb5F6EBNGHYfD2jpakJtknEsZZ/Sw/A+9REkxXp+/UunqJlqRRaqeKR1dO57uEveUvP S0dw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mLrcJ2k5xEH5lu9MXvBlviRDoQJnkSdJZk8jkPM71TFViZQFgxa Wxh7JR+RdnBalk7N7mgoxKCwhJzl X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBovXFOCJIqORCWloH4u3J2dsQg3EIk7I6knz4QY8HVqSvd2uOS63lxoCKwv8tdALRRL5BVjmRQ== X-Received: by 10.99.114.88 with SMTP id c24mr1570963pgn.59.1513651811550; Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:50:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.247.60] (d75-155-153-147.bchsia.telus.net. [75.155.153.147]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q14sm30559663pfg.34.2017.12.18.18.50.10 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:50:10 -0800 (PST) Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading kernel with gcc6... use mrproper and not clean References: <89f3a013-b2d3-337d-ca27-d71075360f83@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Daniel Frey Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 18:50:10 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <89f3a013-b2d3-337d-ca27-d71075360f83@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 371a099f-4065-4fde-9c2f-f22d035d52c5 X-Archives-Hash: 572e72b053e6f7fe9f6ec91a444bb1d1 On 12/18/17 18:46, Daniel Frey wrote: > I just thought I'd send this out in case others aren't aware... > > I've updated some seven machines now to the new profile and gcc6. Out of > the seven, four of them had problems rebuilding the kernel which led to > an outright hang during booting (black screen, no kernel panic, just hang.) > > I found out `make clean` is not enough, I had to backup my .config, use > `make mrproper`, restore the .config and run `make silentoldconfig` > before compiling the kernel and modules. > > I am thinking `make clean` didn't remove everything made during the > compile process and caused some strange race condition somewhere while > booting (completely guessing here.) > > I went back to the three that seemed to be working fine and did the > mrproper process on them, because if something happens down the line I > probably won't remember what caused the boot issue. > > Dan Sigh... from the kernel Makefile: # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules The computers in question that were hanging were using external modules such as nvidia, open-vm-tools modules, vmware modules, etc... *smacks head against wall* I guess I answered my own question now, and I'll bet that everyone here knew this already! Dan