Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 08:39:14 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1)" <gene_dinkey@hp.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Kernel & Userland in sync (Was: too much confusion over kernel building) Message-ID: <14952.20882.399235.381674@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <24755071@toto.iv>
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DINKEY,GENE (HP-Loveland,ex1) <gene_dinkey@hp.com> types: > Although I do remember a discussion I had earlier last year about keeping > userland and kernel source stuff in sync with the release. I think the gist > of what I got was that it may not be a good idea to update kernel sources > without updating userland sources as well. Since no one else confirmed this, I will. Yes, having userland and the kernel out of sync is doesn't always work, and hence not supported, a bad idea and something you shouldn't do.(*) Things in userland depend on things in the kernel, and if the two get out of sync, you can get problems. It doesn't even have to be userland source. I was getting screwy console behavior because the console device in the kernel was out of sync with the userland termcap entry for the console. <mike *) As with so many things, this is a "If you know what you're doing, it can be safe, but you're on your won." -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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