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Subject: Re: Rebuilding the kernel
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On Mar 27, 2014, at 11:15 AM, dan_partelly <dan_partelly@rdsor.ro> =
wrote:

> Hi all,
>=20
> Id like to know what is the proper procedure for rebuilding the =
FreeBSD
> kernel manually, to force it to to recompile only the=20
> changed files and dependencies and then link the beast, and not a full
> build with make buildkernel. Also, is there a place where
> the system makefiles and the manual procedures for buidling the =
kernel,
> crosscompile, etc are documented ?

If you=92ve done a previous =91make buildkernel=92 then you can make =
changes
and rebuild only the changed bits by adding =91KERNFAST=3DXXX=92 where
you would have had =91KERNCONF=3DXXX=92. This will eliminate the config
and clean stages, which will do what you want.

Warner