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Date:      Fri, 25 Feb 2000 07:47:52 -0500
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        Kaoutar El Maghraoui <961TA56794@stud.alakhawayn.ma>
Cc:        John <papalia@udel.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Recompiling the kernel
Message-ID:  <20000225074752.C18112@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000225105629.1326A-100000@stud.alakhawayn.ma>; from 961TA56794@stud.alakhawayn.ma on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 10:58:51AM %2B0000
References:  <4.1.20000224182954.0095f8c0@mail.udel.edu> <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000225105629.1326A-100000@stud.alakhawayn.ma>

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On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 10:58:51AM +0000, Kaoutar El Maghraoui wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, John wrote:
> 
> > >Can anybody tell me what is the command that I should used to recompile
> > >the Kernel. I want ti hack its IP and recompile it.
> > >Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > Not exactly sure what you're looking at doing here... to build a custom
> > kernel, you should probably give the handbook section on kernel building a
> > thorough read-through.  It's at:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html
> > 
> > But to change "it's IP", what exactly are you trying to do?  Changing the
> > IP address can be done through /etc/rc.conf and through ifconfig.
>
> Actually what I want to do is to change the code of IP and recompile it. I
> did a little mofification to the ping.c program nd I followed the steps in
> the mentioned section of the handbook. When I rebooted and run ping, I 
> didn't see any change. 

There is no ping.c file in the kernel source. But that may not be what
you meant.

What steps did you follow in the handbook? If you did them corretcly,
your changes are in the kernel. I can't tell you why they don't work.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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