Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:29:47 +0200 (SAST) From: Peter van Heusden <pvh@egenetics.com> To: Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make your kernels Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007111324170.27918-100000@fling.sanbi.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <v0422080eb590add14190@[195.238.1.121]>
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Brad Knowles wrote:
> This should allow you to skip a second kernel build process,
> won't it? I mean, buildkernel and installkernel are intelligent
> enough to pull the correct kernel config out of
> /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and DTRT, right?
from Makefile.inc1:
BUILDKERNELS=
INSTALLKERNEL=
.for _kernel in ${KERNEL}
.if exists(${KRNLCONFDIR}/${_kernel})
BUILDKERNELS+= ${_kernel}
.if empty(INSTALLKERNEL)
INSTALLKERNEL= ${_kernel}
.endif
.endif
.endfor
...
buildkernel:
@echo
@echo
"--------------------------------------------------------------"
@echo ">>> Rebuilding kernel(s)"
@echo
"--------------------------------------------------------------"
.for _kernel in ${BUILDKERNELS}
@echo "===> ${_kernel}"
mkdir -p ${KRNLOBJDIR}
cd ${KRNLCONFDIR}; \
PATH=${TMPPATH} \
config ${CONFIGARGS} -d ${KRNLOBJDIR}/${_kernel}
...
so, the kernels built are defined by KERNEL - there is no
default. Personally, I can certainly live with this procedure, now that it
has been explained adaquately.
My only (minor) concern, from a useability point of view, is that there is
no default BUILDKERNEL value - shouldn't it default to GENERIC if nothing
else is specified? That way you won't actually be able to do a
'buildkernel' without building a kernel.
Peter
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