Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 05:55:20 -0500 (CDT) From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install_and_reboot target for kernel's... Message-ID: <XFMail.20040807055520.conrads@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20040804182321.GY991@funkthat.com>
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On 04-Aug-2004 John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> I propose to add a install_and_reboot (if someone has a better name
> I'm
> open to suggestions). It installs the kernel, and then using
> nextboot
> will set to boot the freshly installed kernel, and then reboot the
> machine.
>
> I normally use it as:
> make install_and_reboot KERNEL=kernel.test
>
> Patch follows:
> Index: conf/kern.post.mk
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /usr/src/FreeBSD/src/sys/conf/kern.post.mk,v
> retrieving revision 1.68
> diff -u -r1.68 kern.post.mk
> --- conf/kern.post.mk 27 Jun 2004 23:03:43 -0000 1.68
> +++ conf/kern.post.mk 4 Aug 2004 17:14:55 -0000
> @@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
>
> .ORDER: kernel-install modules-install
>
> +install_and_reboot: install
> + nextboot -k ${KERNEL} && shutdown -r now
> +
> kernel-all: ${KERNEL_KO}
>
> kernel-cleandir: kernel-clean
Wouldn't it be a good idea to also include '-o "-s"' in the nextboot
command line?
--
Conrad J. Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> -- "In Unix veritas"
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