Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:40:50 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: flupke <flupke@mail.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: building kernel in 4.0 Message-ID: <20000405094050.E20770@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <38EB4F62.F9F5356@mail.com>; from flupke@mail.com on Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 04:36:18PM %2B0200 References: <38EB4F62.F9F5356@mail.com>
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* flupke <flupke@mail.com> [000405 08:02] wrote: > I'm not too unfamiliar with the unix environement, as I've been using > linux for about 3 or 4 years, now, but I'm a brand new user of freeBSD. > I installed the 4.0 verion yesterday. So please don't flame me if my > questions have a too "newbie" level, or if I'm adressing my request to > the wrong list. > I wanted to build a new kernel following the instructions described in > the handbook in order to use my TV card, but I encounterd several > problems : > > 1) I discovered that the handbook has been written for the 3.4 freeBSD > version, and that the execution of /usr/sbin/config reported some > obsolete (or even unknown) keywords and drivers in my config file. Could > someone tell me where I can find a manual to configure the kernel I'm > running? > > 2) I use lilo to boot my machine. I read that I could choose the kernel > to boot with the freeBSD boot loader, but can I do this with lilo? > Because of course, I'm afraid to build a bad configured kernel. > > 3) All the devices are not listed in the handbook, so I wonder : do I > just have to add the lines 'device bktr0' and 'device vr0' in order to > have my bttv and D-Link cards recognized by the kernel? You can use the LINT and GENERIC files as templates for configuring your kernel. LINT contains all the devices, and GENERIC contains the default kernel config, you'll want to make a copy of GENERIC and add things from LINT as needed. The config program should be pretty helpful in diagnosing crufy 3.x options and should be pretty clear on what you need to do like removing "conflicts" and changing "disk" to "device". -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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