Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:38:25 +0200 From: Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbyszek@szalbot.homedns.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: custom kernel, make buildkernel and then? Message-ID: <452CBB91.3000402@locolomo.org> In-Reply-To: <20061011084014.W23849@192.168.11.51> References: <20061011084014.W23849@192.168.11.51>
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Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > I have in the past used supfile with ports-all option and couldn't build > a custom kernel. Yesterday it dawned on me that I need sources for that, > not ports. So I ran cvsup with src-all option. Now, I followed these steps: > > # cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > # mkdir /root/kernels > # cp GENERIC /root/kernels/LISTS > # ln -s /root/kernels/LISTS The target directory for the build is /usr/obj, so in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys you can see what kernels have been built. Now BEWARE! One thing is the filename of the kernel config, another thing is the string set in the "ident" parameter in the config file. To stay sane, always change it to the same as the config file name. The ident is what the kernel reports it self to be, and a custom kernel should not claim to be a GENERIC kernel. And this may also determine where the kernel is built. So, if you didn't change the ident, then you may find you have a non-generic GENERIC kernel and # make installkernel will install that. But don't! Change the ident, rebuild your kernel and install the custom kernel. This is important, because if you later report a bug you are asked to submit the output of 'uname -a' and developers will think you are using a GENERIC kernel when in fact you are not. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9
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