From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 15 11:44:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15686106564A for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 11:44:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rmacklem@uoguelph.ca) Received: from esa-jnhn.mail.uoguelph.ca (esa-jnhn.mail.uoguelph.ca [131.104.91.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3A558FC1C for ; Sun, 15 May 2011 11:44:26 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApwEALO7z02DaFvO/2dsb2JhbACEV6I1iHCwNo94gSuDZ4EHBJARjxE X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.64,369,1301889600"; d="scan'208";a="124762295" Received: from erie.cs.uoguelph.ca (HELO zcs3.mail.uoguelph.ca) ([131.104.91.206]) by esa-jnhn-pri.mail.uoguelph.ca with ESMTP; 15 May 2011 07:44:25 -0400 Received: from zcs3.mail.uoguelph.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by zcs3.mail.uoguelph.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B12D3B404B; Sun, 15 May 2011 07:44:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 07:44:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Macklem To: Jeremy Chadwick Message-ID: <1937391434.347889.1305459865609.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: <20110515010011.GA66369@icarus.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [172.17.91.203] X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.10_GA_2692 (ZimbraWebClient - IE7 (Win)/6.0.10_GA_2692) Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: Heads up: you'll need to do a fresh "config KERNEL" etc X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 11:44:27 -0000 > 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