Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 04:43:49 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: custom kernel make questions Message-ID: <15339.45925.776090.564800@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <47229969@toto.iv>
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Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> types: > Hi, > > I have a question about the make process concerning custom kernels. > All the documentation I've read outlines the steps: [Two different build methods deleted.] > My question, am I missing the make depend? Is it happening > "under the covers"? I've been doing this on a bunch of machines > for several months now and everything *seems* to work. Since no one else answered the question directly - yes, the "make depend" is done for you "under the covers" when you use the "new" way. I quote new because it would be more correct to call it the "upgrade" way. The old way is the fastest way to build a new kernel for the running system. You're building from the sources that match the running system, but are changing options, or working on a driver, or some such. The "new" way looks for tools in /usr/obj to do the build with, meaning that it's the right thing to use if you're building sources that don't match the running system - after doing a "make buildworld", of course. The downside is that it does the complete song-and-dance to build a kernel, even if some parts of that routine aren't needed in this case. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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