Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:47:25 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: "Alexandre L." <axelbsd@ymail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, zaxis <z_axis@163.com> Subject: Re: Re : can i just upgrade the 8.1 kernel ? Message-ID: <20100723074725.GB14985@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <133281.54908.qm@web24819.mail.ird.yahoo.com> References: <29244514.post@talk.nabble.com> <133281.54908.qm@web24819.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 07:37:59AM +0000, Alexandre L. typed: > I think you have not understood the handbook. > You MUST rebuild both base system and kernel to correctly upgrade your FreeBSD box to 8.1-RELEASE. > If you let your system in 8.0-RELEASE and compile a kernel with 8.1 sources, you will have problem. s/will have/might have/ Usually, on the same branch, a newer kernel will just work. That's the purpose of ABI compatibility. Ruben
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