Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 10:19:43 +0200 From: Johan Karlsson <k@numeri.campus.luth.se> To: Roland Jesse <jesse@mail.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for change of /usr/src/UPDATING (was: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yer kernels) Message-ID: <200008020819.KAA20856@numeri.campus.luth.se> In-Reply-To: Your message of "02 Aug 2000 09:58:04 %2B0200." <0vd7jsf62b.fsf@cs.uni-magdeburg.de>
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At 02 Aug 2000 09:58:04 +0200, Roland Jesse wrote: > Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> writes: > > > ---Begin Suggestion--- > > Not bad, but: > > > # Verify that the new kernel works, it will be installed as > > # /YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > > chflags noschg /kernel > > chflags noschg /YOUR_KERNEL_HERE > > mv /kernel /kernel.old > > mv /YOUR_KERNEL_HERE /kernel > > chflags schg /kernel > > I am not in favour of putting *that* in UPDATING. Either suggest an > appropriate entry in /boot/loader.conf: > > # Make sure that the new kernel gets booted the next time > # you reboot by putting the following line in > # /boot/loader.conf: > kernel="/YOUR_KERNEL_HERE" > > Or (and that's what I like more and do) in the section where one > modifies her kernel config file: > > # Make sure that the kernel gets installed as /kernel and > # therefore gets loaded at boot time. Put a "kernel" entry > # in your kernel config file, like this: > makeoptions KERNEL=kernel This has been taken care of in current but in a slightly different way. When using the build/installkernel targets the built / installed kernel is named 'kernel' Hence, when these changes are MFC:ed this part is not needed at all in UPDATING. I think it is better to MFC than adding this :-) /Johan K To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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