Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 13:17:43 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel compile between cvsup's Message-ID: <3991BC67.F506CE2F@urx.com> References: <20000809144455.C31619@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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j mckitrick wrote:
>
> just to be sure....
>
> after cvsupping, i *always* have to follow this procedure, correct?
>
> make buildworld
> make buildkernel
Yes, except I think this just built GENERIC and not KERNEL=MYKERNEL.
> make installkernel KERNEL=MYKERNEL
> shutdown (single user)
> make installworld
> mergemaster
> reboot
>
> now, if i am just hacking around with my kernel, changing the configuration
> file, playing with drivers, testing code, etc, i can use the old method,
> correct?
>
> cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
> config MYKERNEL
> cd ../../compile MYKERNEL
/
^^^
Hopefully these are just typo's but I have aliases that take me to
these places. If you do an ll (ls -lA) from /, you will see that
/sys/... is the same as /usr/src/sys/...
> make depend && make && make all install
>
> or do i still need to use the new target 'make buildkernel' which seems to
> take much longer? if i must follow the second, is there a way to shorten
> the build time?
I've done it both ways. I haven't done a "make all install" but just a
"make install". I added something and the make install loaded the
modules. So, I don't know if you are saving any time.
Kent
>
> jm
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