Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:52:40 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxime Henrion <mhenrion@cybercable.fr> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: config and config -r Message-ID: <20000715205240.Q84045@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3970AB23.F76B05CB@cybercable.fr> References: <3970AB23.F76B05CB@cybercable.fr>
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--9Jdw4pA1x1k2W7MG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maxime Henrion wrote: > As I didn't want to recompile the whole stuff, I used a config and > not a config -r to build a new kernel, after having changed its > configuration. I removed several devices and I thought that won't cause > any problem, as the objects files for these devices won't be linked into > the kernel. Did you do a "make depend"? I personally have never had a problem with just "config" rather than "config -r". > But after rebooting on this new kernel, I had a page fault before > any kernel message :/ Is there anything to check in order to know if I > can use a config instead of a config -r ? If using a config without the > -r option is dangerous, I think it shouldn't be the default. Is it the > case ? "-r" used to be the default, you had to use "-n" to get the current behaviour of _not_ removing the directory. This was changed 2 years ago... | revision 1.20 | date: 1998/02/18 04:15:04; author: eivind; state: Exp; lines: +9 -13 | Make '-n' the default, and introduce a new flag '-r' to get old | behaviour. Also indicate which option(s) are unknown if there are any | old-style options. --=20 Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / --9Jdw4pA1x1k2W7MG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: HHkqZcB0eM508u/jlrGDcerPVnqZ3mu8 iQCVAwUBOXDBBisPVtiZOS99AQFkkAQAjCPCLLGivMZJ4k1mNEDKmwh1+sN75bcM ZYjHdqQ80fPvJBHKigCCB1OH8zUISdyoq0bwQ5zyqOAEF6J1f9XCCXyJwG031tub jmz9r8k3EwwGLnjOVWXpavJ5vVCkFmeZZr0BK6rCCQi+EGiStI8edlYkBtbYUdKd aG5c/hxMnQM= =zA8l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9Jdw4pA1x1k2W7MG-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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