From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jun 13 16:42:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from overcee.netplex.com.au (peter1.corp.yahoo.com [208.48.107.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5056437B56E for ; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:42:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by overcee.netplex.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9A211CD7; Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:42:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: mjacob@feral.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP!: config changes... In-Reply-To: Message from Matthew Jacob of "Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:23:57 PDT." Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:42:13 -0700 From: Peter Wemm Message-Id: <20000613234213.A9A211CD7@overcee.netplex.com.au> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > # I cannot stress this enough: **SAVE A WORKING /kernel** > > cp /kernel /kernel.works > > Save a working /modules and /boot as well. Which is always good advice, but I can clarify the effect on these... The only change in /boot is /boot/defaults/loader.conf: diff -r1.26 -r1.27 24c24 < loader_conf_files="/boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local" --- > loader_conf_files="/boot/device.hints /boot/loader.conf /boot/loader.conf.local" ie: /boot/device.hints is searched for. If you override loader_conf_files in your own loader.conf, you will need to take care of it (or use static hints). /modules should be unchanged by these commits. I wimped out and have not set GENERIC use device.hints yet as I'm not sure how best to connect that up to the release process. Also note: if you do not use loader(8), you *MUST* compile the hints in statically. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message