Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:54:50 -0800 From: Jeff Smick <sprsquish@gmail.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ATAPICAM Problem Message-ID: <669ac2d05031617544216b6d2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050316211259.0BEEC5D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <669ac2d050316073078b2e909@mail.gmail.com> <20050316211259.0BEEC5D07@ptavv.es.net>
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:12:58 -0800, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:30:14 -0800 > > From: Jeff Smick <sprsquish@gmail.com> > > 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?
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