Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 15:07:55 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: config KERNEL Message-ID: <20000324150755.E7289@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000323211207.1885A-100000@sloth>; from doc@wcug.wwu.edu on Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 09:23:22PM -0800 References: <20000324043054.B303@hades.hell.gr> <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000323211207.1885A-100000@sloth>
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On Thu, Mar 23, 2000 at 09:23:22PM -0800, David Daugherty wrote: > On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 10:22:12PM -0800, David Daugherty wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to follow along with UPDATING and I'm going from 3.4-stable > > > to 4.0 stable. The kind of errors I'm getting are really impossible > > > to search fbsd's site for. Can someone please direct to documentation > > > or tell me what I'm doing wrong with how the kernel must now be > > > configured? > > > > Read the file /usr/src/UPDATING. One of the things mentioned in there > > is that you have to use the new `config' utility to configure a kernel, > > and that you have to compile/boot a new kernel before compiling the rest > > of the world. > The UPDATING file was not real clear to me. I didn't understand what they > were trying to say about this: > > # Your kernel config files need to be changed to s/controller/device/ in > # them. You will need a new version of config to do this. > > I understand about subbing devices for controllers but a new version of > config? Amazing! Plainly awesome :) You understood what I would bet that was the hard part, the s/EXP/SUBST/ thing, but well, .. anyway. You can build your new config by: # cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/config # make clean # make all install I think that to build a new kernel, you might also find it useful to build a new version of genassym: # cd /usr/src/usr.bin/genassym # make clean # make all install - Giorgos Keramidas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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