From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 01:54:51 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B34816A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:54:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.207]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AF2443D41 for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:54:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sprsquish@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 70so2657287wra for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:54:50 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=a3U3iWHNw0dpkNWBk7O05lK8OLd0NIBqYGCnYy8wtfkbttGIcnmfLKOxwoOxTbkt6ShKxoDrMSJ3rasxp4Bbv5G9/kGfO3xNjEu0cDGoNXJNZVM4iKrdxeOsuLw2I1bsVfukCxkOqDMMdmh7sh8Db6QkEY2sZhIWaMC9/XpkttU= Received: by 10.54.76.10 with SMTP id y10mr98148wra; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:54:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.16.49 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:54:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <669ac2d05031617544216b6d2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:54:50 -0800 From: Jeff Smick To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: <20050316211259.0BEEC5D07@ptavv.es.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <669ac2d050316073078b2e909@mail.gmail.com> <20050316211259.0BEEC5D07@ptavv.es.net> cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPICAM Problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jeff Smick List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 01:54:51 -0000 On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:12:58 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:30:14 -0800 > > From: Jeff Smick > > Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org > > > > If there's an idiot of the week list you can put my name on top. I > > went back to the handbook and realized I wasn't doing the very first > > step (I did it the first time, but not after that). I forgot to run > > 'config KERNEL' after setting new options. It works now. > > > > I sincerely appreciate all your efforts. > > Jeff, > > Please don't do this. There was just a case on stable@ (I think) where > someone had hosed their system this way. It can be dangerous although it > almost always works and it is needed in current in just one case: > * If you have installed only the kernel source code > > It is also safe when your sources have not changed since the last kernel > build (which is likely the case for you), but it is NOT safe on current > if the sources have been updated, so I tend to strongly discourage its > use in all normal circumstances. > > I would suggest: > cd /usr/src > make -DMODULES_WITH_WORLD kernel KERNCONF=config_file_name > > This will only rebuild the kernel and not the modules, so it will be > fast. It is also safe in all cases where full sources are present. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Kevin, Thank you for the tip. I only knew about the options presented in the handbook on building a custom kernel and running "make buildkernel KERNCONF=blah" gave me "make: don't know how to make buildkernel. Stop" Is there something I need to do to be able to use that tactic or should I just stick with your suggestion?