Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 07:44:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Heads up: you'll need to do a fresh "config KERNEL" etc Message-ID: <1937391434.347889.1305459865609.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <20110515010011.GA66369@icarus.home.lan>
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> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 08:05:41PM -0400, Rick Macklem wrote: > > Just a heads up that after a commit going into stable/8 in a few > > minutes, you'll need to do a fresh kernel build, starting at > > "config GENERIC", including rebuilding the NFS related modules. > > Rick, > > Can you explain why a kernel reconfig would be required if the > kernel configuration (e.g. GENERIC) hasn't been changed? > > http://www.freshbsd.org/?branch=RELENG_8&project=freebsd > > Possibly the commit site doesn't have the most recent commits? > > I guess what I'm asking is: why is a kernel reconfig required if only > the NFS code itself changed? A buildworld/buildkernel should be > sufficient, no? > The commit moved the files used for a diskless root NFS from sys/nfsclient to sys/nfs. As such, sys/conf/files has changed and, therefore, fresh kernel Makefiles need to be built. I thought that "config KERNEL" is what does that, but if buildkernel does, then "config KERNEL" isn't needed. rick
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