Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:58:07 -0700 From: Jason Helfman <jhelfman@e-e.com> To: c0re <nr1c0re@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update with non-GENERIC kerrnel Message-ID: <66E74C1C-A64C-45A9-A482-5A65C21213F0@e-e.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilNDBIkWgz0e5PvvEfTHlChsHOwHPseuXXuYkA9@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100601094506.GA25207@twoquid.cs.ru.nl> <AANLkTilNDBIkWgz0e5PvvEfTHlChsHOwHPseuXXuYkA9@mail.gmail.com>
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The only way to have freebsd-update to work on a non-GENERIC kernel is =
to run your own freebsd-update server based off an iso that has your =
custom kernel within the release.
I've been doing this for some time now.
On Jun 1, 2010, at 2:57 AM, c0re wrote:
> freebsd-update made for only GENERIC kerndel due to binary diff =
patches.
> After you rebuild world and kernel you'll be not able to apply binary
> patches.
>=20
> 2010/6/1 Olaf Seibert <O.Seibert@cs.ru.nl>
>=20
>> I find the way freebsd-update handles a system that runs a =
non-GENERIC
>> kernel less than helpful.
>>=20
>> It is doing this:
>>=20
>> | fourquid.3:~$ sudo freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.1-BETA1
>> | Password:
>> | Looking up update.FreeBSD.org mirrors... 3 mirrors found.
>> | Fetching metadata signature for 8.0-RELEASE from =
update5.FreeBSD.org...
>> done.
>> | Fetching metadata index... done.
>> | Fetching 2 metadata patches.. done.
>> | Applying metadata patches... done.
>> | Inspecting system... done.
>> |
>> | WARNING: This system is running a "fourquid" kernel, which is not a
>> | kernel configuration distributed as part of FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE.
>> | This kernel will not be updated: you MUST update the kernel =
manually
>> | before running "/usr/sbin/freebsd-update install".
>> |
>> | The following components of FreeBSD seem to be installed:
>> | src/base src/bin src/cddl src/contrib src/crypto src/etc src/games
>> | src/gnu src/include src/krb5 src/lib src/libexec src/release =
src/rescue
>> | src/sbin src/secure src/share src/sys src/tools src/ubin src/usbin
>> | world/base world/catpages world/dict world/doc world/games =
world/info
>> | world/lib32 world/manpages world/proflibs
>> |
>> | The following components of FreeBSD do not seem to be installed:
>> | kernel/generic
>> |
>> | Does this look reasonable (y/n)? n
>>=20
>> I do have the kernel sources installed, so I would like to have them
>> updated. I don't even mind to have a GENERIC kernel temporarily
>> installed, until I compile my own (fortunately, they are not that
>> different).
>>=20
>> It is nice that it tells me that I "MUST update the kernel manually",
>> but it gives me no help in getting the sources and doing that. (Can =
the
>> new kernel even be built in all cases with old tools? NetBSD offers a
>> nice cross-building system for that.)
>>=20
>> For my previous update to 8.0-RELEASE-p2 I patched freebsd-update =
simply
>> to think that my kernel *is* GENERIC,
>>=20
>> --- /usr/sbin/freebsd-update 2009-12-22 17:16:01.000000000 +0100
>> +++ /tmp/freebsd-update 2010-05-11 10:35:05.000000000 +0200
>> @@ -631,6 +631,7 @@
>> # we're running an SMP kernel. This mis-identification is a =
bug
>> # which was fixed in 6.2-STABLE.
>> KERNCONF=3D`uname -i`
>> + KERNCONF=3DGENERIC
>> if [ ${KERNCONF} =3D "SMP-GENERIC" ]; then
>> KERNCONF=3DSMP
>> fi
>>=20
>> but that seems riskier as updates get a bit bigger.
>>=20
>> The official way seems to be to reboot using GENERIC, upgrade (with a
>> reboot with new GENERIC), rebuild new CUSTOM kernel, reboot again. At
>> least the first reboot ought to be avoided...
>>=20
>> -Olaf.
>> --
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