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Date:      Sun, 15 May 2011 18:49:44 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
Subject:   Re: Heads up: you'll need to do a fresh "config KERNEL" etc
Message-ID:  <44tycv4m0n.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
In-Reply-To: <1937391434.347889.1305459865609.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> (Rick Macklem's message of "Sun, 15 May 2011 07:44:25 -0400 (EDT)")
References:  <1937391434.347889.1305459865609.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca>

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Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> writes:

>> 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.

It does by default, but the heads-up is still appreciated.



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