Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:00:24 -0600 From: Brandon J. Wandersee <brandon.wandersee@gmail.com> To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: Georgi Manov <lobo1@abv.bg>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel compile error Message-ID: <86si2zurif.fsf@WorkBox.Home> In-Reply-To: <20151218201307.GB87773@neutralgood.org> References: <1171783145.1510695.1450455797069.JavaMail.apache@nm21.abv.bg> <20151218201307.GB87773@neutralgood.org>
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kpneal@pobox.com writes:
> Try compiling GENERIC first. Then remove one or two options and
> recompile. Repeat until satisfied.
While I second the spirit behind this, there are some shortcuts you can
take. If you don't have a RAID controller on your machine, for example,
you can just delete the lines for all the RAID drivers. It's when you
get to more nebulous-yet-vital stuff like network and disk drivers that
you'll want to be more careful.
It's still not a bad idea to build the GENERIC kernel, then build your
custom, uniquely named kernel afterward. This way you at least have a
backup GENERIC kernel at the ready if something goes even more wrong
than expected. ;)
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