Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:03:15 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: "Robert H. Perry" <rperry4@earthlink.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upgrading the kernel Message-ID: <20031023155921.G55711-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <3F984E3E.7060306@earthlink.net>
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Robert H. Perry wrote to FreeBSD-Questions: > I'm upgrading from 4.7 RELEASE to 4.8 RELEASE soon. My understanding > is that once you have built the world with buildworld, it's time to > build and install the new kernel. In your scenario, yes, you'll definitely want to build a new kernel. In fact, I hope you elected to go with the security branch (RELENG_4_8), so that you get the 13 or so security related fixes that have been applied since 4.8 was released. > My current kernel is customized with a sound card device and nothing > else. That's fine; you can continue to use your kernel config. (/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/WHATEVERYOUCALLEDYOURKERNELCONFIG) > The FreeBSD Handbook indicates that the safest way to do this is to > build and install a kernel based on GENERIC. After booting from > GENERIC and verifying that your system works you can then customize > your kernel. Well, you can if you want, but you won't have any issues from 4.7 -> 4.8. I'd just go with your custom kernel config. > Can I use the commands, # make buildkernel and # make installkernel, > or are #make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC and # make installkernel > KERNCONF=GENERIC the correct commands? Have you specified KERNCONF in /etc/make.conf? If not, then it defaults to GENERIC. In your case, though, again, you shouldn't have any problems building from your custom conf. - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America
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