From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 24 17:50:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D6BDA3C for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:50:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (24-113-64-202.wavecable.com [24.113.64.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB8A8FC15 for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:50:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from udns.ultimateDNS.NET (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qAOHogZu024250; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:50:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: (from www@localhost) by udns.ultimateDNS.NET (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qAOHoai5024244; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:50:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chris#@1command.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net ([24.113.64.202]) (UDNSMS authenticated user chrish) by ultimatedns.net with HTTP; Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:50:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: <27e2b51a63d1a04a3f5035ea2bfd215b.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <1864583315.20121123233938@takeda.tk> <7d9b8b9da9bbf74a134fb581bc133ec1.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> <1147916428.20121124000013@takeda.tk> <8c535b696c2a9cd805d68f52633c3044.authenticated@ultimatedns.net> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 09:50:36 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Where do I purchace an unlock code to build a custom kernel? From: "Chris H" To: "Warren Block" User-Agent: UDNSMS/2.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Derek Kulinski , bright@mu.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:50:46 -0000 > On Sat, 24 Nov 2012, Chris H wrote: > >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> Friday, November 23, 2012, 11:50:16 PM, you wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you! Yes, I _did_ know k7 was actually i(x)86, but figured config(8) >>>> would "throw me a bone" if it were wrong. Greetings, and thank you for your reply. >>>> Anyway, I'll take your advice. >>> >>> There are some architecture specific settings there, so it is best to >>> actually do this and fail it early (well if you would do buildkernel >>> it would be earlier :) than getting some strange errors. >>> >>> If you were thinking to just copy it to i386 directory, to save you >>> future issues, I would recommend you to redo the config based on >>> GENERIC in i386 directory. >> >> Understood. That's what I did (i386/GENERIC --> CUSTOM). >> I _knew_ there would be issue(s) otherwise. >> >> Thank you again for the advice. Looks to be working as expected. :) > > Rather than copy and modify, a custom config can include the GENERIC > config and override settings. That generally makes the custom config > file smaller and easier to maintain: > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/kernelconfig.html Excellent advice. In fact I now feel fairly embarrassed, as your suggestion seems so _obvious_. :P Thanks, that will _definitely_ be my course of action, going forward (as will cross-compiling on my 6 core AMD64 for this k7) :) Best wishes. --Chris >