Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 22:42:25 -0600 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Odd sysctl -d kern.bootfile result Message-ID: <CACNAnaFrLTyO_vHN7ERKax901Qj=U6MksYPBR_6H=ndsY32w5A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <B129E797-6041-48A5-B2A7-E7CB1C0E9989@yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 10:16 PM Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote: > > The context: > > # ls -Tldt /boot/kern*/kernel > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 40003240 Nov 6 16:32:05 2022 /boot/kernel/kernel > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 39990232 Jul 6 11:21:16 2022 /boot/kernel.old/kernel > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 31401824 Aug 19 03:16:29 2021 /boot/kernel.dbg/kernel > > # uname -apKU # Note: output line split for readability > FreeBSD amd64_ZFS 14.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT #55 > main-n259064-f83db6441a2f-dirty: Sun Nov 6 16:31:55 PST 2022 > root@amd64_ZFS:/usr/obj/BUILDs/main-amd64-nodbg-clang/usr/main-src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC-NODBG > amd64 amd64 1400073 1400073 > > > But . . . > > # sysctl -d kern.bootfile > kern.bootfile: Name of kernel file booted > > # sysctl -W kern.bootfile > kern.bootfile: /boot/kernel.old/kernel > > Looks wrong to me. (I've never explicitly assigned to kern.bootfile .) > The usual suspect here is that you did an `installkernel` -- if it replaces kern.bootfile, it moves the old kern.bootfile to /boot/kernel.old and updates the sysctl to reflect the new location so that it still accurately reflects the booted kernel. Thanks, Kyle Evanshome | help
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