Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:27:26 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r325097 - head Message-ID: <20171030022726.GA63037@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfrd5AbdQanz47Axf2Qprs2nFcbp3ujK38uMzrCeXf7fMw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201710290825.v9T8PV3W047519@repo.freebsd.org> <CANCZdfrd5AbdQanz47Axf2Qprs2nFcbp3ujK38uMzrCeXf7fMw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 05:57:06AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > On Oct 29, 2017 2:25 AM, "Eitan Adler" <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote: > > New Revision: 325097 > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/325097 > > Log: > Update UPDATING > > - Remove FreeBSD 4.x of building the kernel. > > > It is not the 4.x way of building the kernel. It's a completely supported > alte restive for those situations where buildkernel is not a good fit. +1, it's a lot more straightforward and actually much faster for iterative kernel builds, allows to inject things into the build process [*], etc. I can't imagine doing any kernel hacking without the traditional config/ build way. Would you mind putting the instruction back, perhaps after the "new order" one, with some accompanying text a-la "mostly for developers/hackers' use"? ./danfe [*] 20170408171501.GA96749@FreeBSD.org (-developers@, so no weblink)
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