From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 23 15:03:40 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F34E416A4B3 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:03:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ren.sasknow.com (ren.sasknow.com [207.195.92.131]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35A543FD7 for ; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:03:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ren.sasknow.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h9NM3FfE089947; Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:03:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ryan@sasknow.com) Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:03:15 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: "Robert H. Perry" In-Reply-To: <3F984E3E.7060306@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <20031023155921.G55711-100000@ren.sasknow.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Upgrading the kernel X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:03:40 -0000 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 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