Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 10:15:38 -0600 From: "Joseph A. Nagy, Jr" <jnagyjr1978@gmail.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel Compile Fail Message-ID: <50DB22AA.6010002@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50D9CFC5.7000103@wenks.ch> References: <50CE5CB3.7010906@gmail.com> <50D9B914.1060406@gmail.com> <50D9CFC5.7000103@wenks.ch>
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On 12/25/12 10:09, Fabian Wenk wrote: > Hello Joseph > > On 25.12.2012 15:32, Joseph A. Nagy, Jr wrote: <snip> >> 'make buildkernel kernconf=ALEX-LAPTOP' >> 'make installkernel kernconf=ALEX-LAPTOP' > > I am not sure if 'kernconf=' will work too or if it needs to be in > uppercase letters. Alternatively you could set the following line in > /etc/make.conf: > KERNCONF=ALEX-LAPTOP I did not think of kernconf having to be in upper-case letters, though that is how the handbook shows it (it never states that part has to be caps like the kernel name). > And then in /usr/src/ you only need to use 'make buildkernel' and 'make > installkernel'. That would be nice, I'll give it a go. >> alex@alex-laptop#> cd /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf >> alex@alex-laptop#> ls >> ALEX-LAPTOP DEFAULTS GENERIC GENERIC.hints Makefile >> NOTES XENHVM >> >> I'm not quite sure what to expect now. > > This looks correct. Did you also adjust the 'ident' line in your > ALEX-LAPTOP file from GENERIC to ALEX-LAPTOP? I'm certain I did, I can double-check though. > I am not sure if the "-" in the kernel name will work. I do remember > having problems building a kernel with a number in the name. But this > was more then 10 years ago, but I still avoid it and do use only > letters. So it is probably better to just use ALEXLAPTOP instead of > ALEX-LAPTOP. That name worked when I was running this laptop on i386 but I could shorten it to without the hyphen. I was just trying to keep it like my hostname (alex-laptop.localhost). -- Yours in Christ, Joseph A Nagy Jr "Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid." -- Proverbs 12:1 Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content CopyFree (F) under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org
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