Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:57:13 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Rob Lahaye <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to generate and test GENERIC-STABLE kernel ? Message-ID: <200309261557.13695.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <3F727CAB.7000708@users.sourceforge.net> References: <3F727CAB.7000708@users.sourceforge.net>
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On Wednesday 24 September 2003 22:27, Rob Lahaye wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether the GENERIC files (e.g. in
> /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC) are also updated when I cvsup the
> source-tree for building a new world and kernel. Haven't seen any
> change to GENERIC so far.
Yes, they are. The GENERIC file isn't changed all that often in STABLE
right now, because it is, er, "stable." ;^)
> I suppose for testing the new upcoming release, we should also verify
> whether the GENERIC kernel works properly, shouldn't we?
Yes, that would be nice.
> If yes, what's the proper way of doing that?
Build a GENERIC kernel, install it, boot it, run a bunch of software on
it and make sure it runs adequately. As an interested aside, benchmark
something you use a lot on GENERIC and on your custom kernel and verify
your custom kernel is at least as fast, perhaps faster, than GENERIC.
Alternatively, once the Release Candidate builds start popping up,
download ISO images and install from them on a variety of hardware to
verify sysinstall & etc. are still functioning well, too.
Thank you for volunteering!
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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