Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 21:08:21 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src UPDATING Message-ID: <20050526180821.GB59403@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20050526111349.1a6ff9c0@Magellan.Leidinger.net> References: <200505252103.j4PL3D01019450@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050526083101.GJ850@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20050526111349.1a6ff9c0@Magellan.Leidinger.net>
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On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 11:13:49AM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> On Thu, 26 May 2005 10:31:03 +0200
> Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> wrote:
>=20
> > > + make installkernel KERNCONF=3DYOUR_KERNEL_HERE KODIR=3D/boot/=
testkernel
> > > + nextboot -k testkernel
> >=20
> > wouldn't it be more intuitive to use KERNEL=3Dtestkernel instead of
> > KODIR=3D/boot/testkernel, in regards to the nextboot(8) syntax, which
> > does not explicitely specify the /boot directory.
>=20
> I've a lot of experience with KODIR, but no experience with KERNEL. I
> was told it does what I want to do too, but I also was told that it is
> used in previous major versions of FreeBSD in a different way.
>=20
> Yes, this is committed to current, not to an older version of FreeBSD.
> But FreeBSD 4 also has nextboot (even when it has a different syntax),
> and having users which tell other users out-of-context to use KERNEL=3Dxxx
> and nextboot may result in frustated users.
>=20
> Those are my quick thoughts about this. I don't mind if someone else
> thinks we should use KERNEL instead and goes ahead and changes the
> description.
>=20
Using KERNEL is valid from within kernel object directory but not from
Makefile.inc1:
=2Eif defined(KERNWARN)
@echo "------------------------------------------------------------=
--"
@echo ">>> WARNING: KERNEL=3D setting should be changed to KERNCONF=
=3D"
@echo "------------------------------------------------------------=
--"
@sleep 3
=2Eendif
=2E.. because it used to mean a completely different thing, as you have
noticed. Instead, an official way to install a kernel in a different
/boot subdirectory is to:
make installkernel ... INSTKERNNAME=3Dtestkernel
=2E.. which will set KODIR to /boot/testkernel.
Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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