Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:28:32 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel names Message-ID: <20171214152832.52b535a6.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> In-Reply-To: <2f54bb9d-b7e0-9f4a-b894-6d72c7470b24@freebsd.org> References: <CALM2mE=_76KGhBXK3N0BZe%2B5UdcKGaGh37DFfpRbbkS88uVV4g@mail.gmail.com> <2f54bb9d-b7e0-9f4a-b894-6d72c7470b24@freebsd.org>
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Hi, On Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:51:54 -0500 Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 12/14/2017 00:47, blubee blubeeme wrote: > > When you boot into FreeBSD and you can select kernels, there's only > > 2 options: > > default and kernel.old > > > > Is there a way to have better output and support multiple kernels > > without having to login to the system and running uname -v or > > something like that? > > > > Would it be possible to add options for more kernels from that boot > > menu? _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > The list is controlled by the /boot/loader.conf variable kernels= > which defaults to "kernel kernel.old" > > I have a patch almost ready to land that will search all > subdirectories of /boot for a file named 'kernel' and add the names > of those directories to the list, such that the list will basically > be autogenerated. > > It currently contains too much copy/pasted code, and I just need to > clean it up a bit: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D11886 > > It was originally designed as part of my contributions towards > packaged base, where pkg will keep the last N (default to 5 I think) > kernel packages you have installed around, incase an upgrade goes bad. > > This feature will work on any filesystem supported by the loader. > this is a cool feature. Testing will become a lot easier then. Erich
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