From owner-svn-src-all@freebsd.org Mon Oct 30 02:27:27 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DA0BE52089; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:27:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danfe@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6074::16:84]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "freefall.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7EAD86F7DA; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:27:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danfe@freebsd.org) Received: by freefall.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1033) id D3426541F; Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:27:26 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:27:26 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: Warner Losh Cc: Eitan Adler , svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers Subject: Re: svn commit: r325097 - head Message-ID: <20171030022726.GA63037@FreeBSD.org> References: <201710290825.v9T8PV3W047519@repo.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:27:27 -0000 On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 05:57:06AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > On Oct 29, 2017 2:25 AM, "Eitan Adler" 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)