From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 22 05:05:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2526BEF8 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:05:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-vc0-f182.google.com (mail-vc0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEDE48FC12 for ; Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f182.google.com with SMTP id fo13so10719303vcb.13 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:05:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=8PM1bETKe76WyQqHL8UKQt062a+EVqeCmZa6bx7Vl/Y=; b=JsILKc6Pks9qiSVIkcX49FhHuUvzXO1QQE2TrbDLJAb5S6BconXfD6y5xkleZwwopX XLUKV6FQt11G1rb0fJUYChYsGiqIu9lgopW6gaVurRhjInqilOGAYqVLPg2Kp8Ph59kZ 6NYpzlQfvvew2SRfEaz4B8FeK5ioZMrJElv+Q= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=8PM1bETKe76WyQqHL8UKQt062a+EVqeCmZa6bx7Vl/Y=; b=fDEtkHdMhMFFjdobGhoMUPKUz1gfqvF+6NKwsJs9E50s3tWUnDpVB/z22qs1LpiwFZ fKkR7PssifRytvgY2lOBcV+bYxHfLAkvlcZ7tAvjZyguWfkr3oVzqe6o1hx+5y24pYkY N7YuQE11S15fz0yCWBJW061EQhrxsqfmkYbpT8ah/YnhyFyfClcNYgbrN5/jiyqBPLjR z2dpX5Goc6QOhFwJI733oqtaJrIRaBJ/WBUv3Gcls/xIv05DoBBpdR4zZSfck3V5t2ST a3R2Wg/SqxCaYEY8FM+UsS1yrziSxJuysXm+BRnUXL6prkdQ4C+pU1lD/sN6m1dG8Lus 4BOw== Received: by 10.52.66.48 with SMTP id c16mr21945267vdt.14.1353560717538; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:05:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.155.197 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:04:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50ADAFA8.4020501@freebsd.org> References: <50ADAFA8.4020501@freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:04:47 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: old style kernel configuration To: Julian Elischer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkXTOhprFNgLhyB/314Bz63Ac99vrpG2VQJs7qqqU5/YjBOMpISI/KPCKaJt1Z7gzcVlipa Cc: FreeBSD Hackers , Benjamin Kaduk X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:05:24 -0000 On 21 November 2012 23:52, Julian Elischer wrote: > On 11/21/12 5:58 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: >> >> I've been working on removing obsolete information various documents. >> While going through older articles I noticed a few references to the >> "old style" kernel configuration involving running config(1) manually. >> >> Is there any value in keeping this documented as an alternative to >> "make buildkernel" or should it be treated as an implementation detail? > > > I still do it quite often Could you explain why? I think I will keep the documentation but I want to update it with some explanation of when one wants to use the old method. -- Eitan Adler