Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:55:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is building kernel in /sys/amd64/conf depreciated in 11 ? Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1510202352060.26829@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20151020164013.GA43495@potato.growveg.org> References: <20151020164013.GA43495@potato.growveg.org>
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On Tue, 20 Oct 2015, John wrote: > Hi, > > as subject - is building kernel in /sys/amd64/conf depreciated? > > I can get a modified kernel to build and install in /usr/src but not > in /sys/amd64/conf. I always used to be able to do this in there, then > again I either used -RELEASE or -STABLE. I used to do it like this: > > 1. cd /sys/amd64/conf > 2. cp GENERIC MYKERNEL > 3. [make changes to MYKERNEL and save] > 4. config MYKERNEL > 5. cd ../compile/MYKERNEL > 6. make cleandepend && make depend && make > > This fails *every time* during make. It fails at this point: > > Make[1]: "/storage/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk" line 1204: UNAME_r Why is your kernel build pulling in bsd.port.mk? Please post src.conf and make.conf. > (11.0-CURRENT) and OSVERSION () do not agree on major version number. > *** [all] Error code 1 > make: stopped in /storage/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/PUMPKIN > The error still happens if I refresh all my sources, build a new world > with a generic kernel and reboot and then try the old method again. > > I *can* build a custom kernel if I cd into /usr/src and do > > 1. make buildkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > 2. make installkernel KERNCONF=MYKERNEL > > Basically I'm asking is this change of behaviour documented and/or am > I doing it wrong? This is not exactly an answer to your question, but buildkernel has been the preferred way to build a kernel for at least four major releases. The manual-config method has limped along because enough of the old-guard of committers has it in finger memory, but manual-config has been excised from the handbook for quite some time. -Ben
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