Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 17:11:00 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Bryan Berch" <iridefree@hotmail.com> Cc: gnn@neville-neil.com, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems getting STABLE running on a VAIO 505TL Message-ID: <200109180011.f8I0B0R29347@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:48:01 EDT." <F69zyfyz5b6KZmcK8r60000055b@hotmail.com>
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> From: "Bryan Berch" <iridefree@hotmail.com> > Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 19:48:01 -0400 > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > My question here is it better to cvsup after an install or to first make a > custom kerenel and then do a cvsup to stable? There is really no answer to this as they are effectively unrelated operations. My preference is to customize my kernel on a stable system so that I am only tweaking one variable set at a time. That way, if things don't work, I KNOW that the problem is my customization and not a problem with my updated sources. Not that this is proof as the kernel customization may pull in new source code that you have never used. but it does narrow the scope of the search for the trouble. But, I have often wanted to customize a kernel to use some new capability (like the recent PCMCIA stuff) that requires an update. Also, it is NEVER a good idea to just build a new kernel after a source update as this may leave the kernel out of sync with userland and break any number of things. R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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