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From: "Igor B. Bykhalo" <goshik@binep.ac.ru>
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Subject: Re: rebuild kernel to add vn pseudo-device for swap file
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From: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com>
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Subject: rebuild kernel to add vn pseudo-device for swap file


> Has a server halt last night because it ran out of swap space.  The server is
> slated for upgrade this month anyway (currently on 4.3) so I don't want to worry
> about reslicing a partition.  Figured the easiest would be to add a swap file
> for a temporary solution but the pseudo-device vn isn't in our customized
> kernel.
> 
> What would be the minimal process to rebuild the kernel with this device, or is
> the whole blown out proceedure requried as when we trimmed the kernel in the
> first place.


If i'm not mistaken, 4.3 has modules. Maybe you just can
kldload vn and don't bother with kernel rebuild?

HTH,
Igor