From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 13 1:17:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA86D37B9E0; Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:17:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id BAA00784; Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:17:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: kris owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:17:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: John Baldwin Cc: Darren Reed , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: COMPAT_43 and kernel compiles. In-Reply-To: <200008130814.BAA65526@pike.osd.bsdi.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > Usually when testing a kernel compile, GENERIC is the kernel to test. > If your changes are intrusive enough, you might also want to make sure > that LINT builds ok. The LINT config file is generated from NOTES by > typing 'make LINT' in /sys/i386/conf/. I thought LINT was always supposed to be built because by definition not everything is in GENERIC, and your changes might have broken something else you didnt test. Of course, testing LINT can't catch all bugs since problems may result from the lack of a kernel option, but it's a good start. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509 certificate. -- Charles Forsythe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message