Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:45:03 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: peter@netplex.com.au, wpaul@FreeBSD.org Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, jb@cimlogic.com.au, phk@critter.freebsd.dk Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC LINT Makefile.i386 files.i386 Message-ID: <199905092245.IAA28122@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> Well now you know. Please put it back (not all of it, just the ability >> to say "config foo" to specify the name of the kernel image). > >Umm, would this do? > >makeoptions KERNEL=foo Renaming at install time is easier and more flexible. E.g., `cp -p kernel /kernel.new'. Add a chflags step if you want to get in your own way. >> As for "kernel" being hardcoded, it should not be. Anything that needs >> to know the name of the currently running kernel image should be getting >> it from the kern.bootfile sysctl variable. Harcoding "kernel" is generally >> a bug. (savecore(8) is one example.) It's certainly a bug here. > >That part isn't, it's passed in from the bootblocks and the loader. savecore(8) puts the copies the active kernel to an almost fixed place (/var/crash/kernel.NNN). Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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